OSLIST Poetry celebration and contest!

Thu Oct 16 02:44:27 PDT 2008

Anne, congratulations!

I enjoyed your poem enormously.

I've never slept through a whole event but once took a very public "Harrison
nap", so it has a lot of resonance for me.

Thank you!

Jack

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2008/10/16 Jeff Aitken <magic.teams at hotmail.com>

> OSLIST POETRY CELEBRATION AND CONTEST
> Sept/Oct 2008
>
> The new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST is Anne A. Hiha! For her delightful
> poem about sleeping thru an entire open space. Hm, should we be encouraging
> such behavior? :-)
>
> Congratulations Anne! The laurel wreath will arrive by FedEx in the next
> couple of days. Enjoy your reign!
>
> The sticky dot tallies are available by request.
>
> Here are the poems again, below, with the authors' names attached. Thanks
> to everyone who wrote, and everyone who read, and voted. Many people
> commented on the wonderful collection of poems that we enjoyed.
>
> Fare well --
>
> Jeff
> Telegraph Hill
> San Francisco
>
>
> ------
> 1.
>
> by Anne A Hiha
>
> Worldwide-Openspace Online: The consummate butterfly
>
> Awake
> But no!
> Can't be!
> Did I really sleep through a whole event?
>
> Easy.
> First, lay your head down
> Get nice and cosy
> Head snuggled on the perfect pillow
> Island of dreams
> Just for a while
> Keep those eyes closed
> Let the world roll on
> Magic moment.
>
> No going back in, it's over.
> Over?
> Please, please what did I miss?
> Quiet screen is adamant, 'you had your chance.'
> Right… whoever's there
> Sigh... Still... I would have liked to have been there
>
> Up now
> Vitality returned
> When's the next one?
>
> Xmas doesn't wait for anyone either
>
> Yet…
>
> Zzzzz
>
>
>
> ------
> 2.
>
> by Alan Stewart
>
> Revelation
>
> Engaging in open space adventuring
> with a group of radiant spiritual souls
> who let slip surprises
> which I could not have imagined ...
>
> The spark for enlightenment was a fierce,
> terrible, almost violent haranguing
> of two of their members who had arrived 'late'
> a few minutes after the agreed starting time.
>
> With a sharpness which was relentless
> a rude exposé to everyone present
> most likely particularly to
> the perpetrator himself.
>
> Who resumed his unruffled self instantly
> upon my stepping into the circle
> to point to the principles which uncover
> the right people and the right time.
>
> The gathering proceeded 'right on'
> and reportedly was most useful in
> resolving a very thorny issue
> by illuminating the natural way ahead.
>
> And for me made forever known
> the ever present power of the process
> to bring forth dimensions unforeseen
> and how these unfold in the presence of spirit.
>
> From a person in the closing circle
> a lady well into the bloom of later years
> disclosing through her tears
> this remarkable transformation:
>
> "All my life I have been terrified
> in the presence of male anger.
> After what was shown to me this morning
> I will not ever be afraid again."
>
> Nor will I. And you?
>
>
> ------
> 3.
>
> by Karen Sella
>
> Pause
>
> A pause in the cosmic conversation
> Beyond the surface stream of words
> Creates a vast opening through which all is seen.
> Did you know that?
>
> Enlightenment is simply
> Following insight and inquiry...
> Giving oneself fully to each moment...
> Holding nothing back...
> Inviting each moment to be...
> Just as it is.
>
> Kindness...
> Love...
> Meaning...
> Nothing exists without...
> Open space...
> Pause...
>
> Question...
> Reflect...rejoice!
> Surrender to the whole of life...
> Trust...
> Unless you have the courage to walk through this opening wholly
> Violence lives within you too...
>
> Wake-up world!
> X has never marked the spot of anything that really matters.
> You—one and all--matter. Sleep on that and dream wiser.
> Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
>
>
>
> ------
> 4.
>
> by Trudie Richman
>
> CONNECTION
>
> A MAGIC SPARK ALIGHTS
> WHEN TWO SOULS CONNECT
> SUDDENLY AFTER A CONVERSATION
> AN UNEXPECTED EXCHANGE OF IDEAS,
> THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS
> GONE IS THE ISOLATION
> THE HEART IS OPEN
> THE UNIVERSE BECOMES A FRIENDLY PLACE
> THERE IS MEANING AND HARMONY IN ONE'S SPACE
> A COINCIDENCE OR FATE
> IT MATTERS NOT
>
> MAY IT HAPPEN OFTEN
> MYSTERIOUS IN ITS WAY
> SPREADING LIGHT AND WARMTH
> IN THIS EARTHLY STAY
>
>
> ------
> 5.
>
> By Raffi Aftandelian
>
> 1 pleis
>
> One play(s)
> One spay(s)
> One cyrcle
> three bre(i)fs
> one law
> two bees(ts)
> 1 dzhoi
> 1 sadness
>
> 1 dans
> 1 duns
> 1 convo
>
> 1 burf
> 1 lie(f)?
> 1 def
> owhyeah!
>
> 1 (m)irf
> 1 laff
>
> Itsolegoode
> Oneezkewl
>
> butt
> duznt
> zerow rewl?
>
>
> ------
> 6.
>
> by Doug Germann
>
> A User's Guide—words and thoughts to open you:
> Balamah, village of mystery
> Circles about Harrison
> Dancers, Drummers, horn players
> Expectations of rhythms swirling
> Flowing people, flowing, flowing
> Geometry sacred more profane
> However it comes evokes humanity
> Inviting initiations, issues, opportunities
> Joining collaborative effort
> Kin we are to bees and butterflies
> Large rooms, small, all space for the law
> Medicine wheels, morning gatherings, mobility
> News walls
> OSonOS: what kind of a word is that?
> Passion it elicits from us
> Quantum of Spirit its mythos
> Reflections on responsibility in a shoe factory
> Space likes to be held, to hold lightly the
> Tibetan temple bells calling calling
> Unexpected situations call us to our own
> Village marketplace
> Walls somehow create space
> Xenophobes make friends of the strange and
> Yawning, the man in the hat disappears to
> ZZZzzzz....
>
>
> ------
> 7.
>
> by Lisa Heft
>
> Conversation in Blue
>
>
> a
> blue denim colored
> conversation circle lasting all
> day...
> each new person joining, leaving - each new person sharing, witnessing,
> questioning, listening - thoughts of
> family, community, challenge,
> grief, loss, spirit - thoughts of
> how the path of life can meander
> in the most unexpected ways.
> just the act of holding space for conversation - any topic welcome,
> everyone appreciated, everyone respected
> keeps the circle going hour after hour - each new person sharing, some
> joining, some leaving, until the
> last
> man leaves, and we fold away the chairs.
> night falls
> on the
> prison yard
>
>
> ------
> 8.
>
> by Reinhard Kuchenmueller
>
> My first open space
> The first open space for the 80 coworkers.
> The basic question was strong, so were the answers.
>
> Three woman visualizing process, results and emotions,
> supporting them by making them visible.
>
> A dream of self organization come true -
> So strong the will to analyse their company within one day,
> And to come out satisfied with lots of strong proposals.
>
> I only missed to include the boss,
> So he destroyed the growing little plant within ten minutes,
> coming from his expectations.
>
> Thanks for the experience, and ready to do it again!
>
>
> ------
> 9.
>
> by Elwin Guild
>
> The Guide
>
> I was handed The Users Guide
> They said read it and perform.
>
> I took it home
> Turned the pages.
>
> I didnʼt read it
> It spoke to me!
>
>
> ------
> 10.
>
> by Steven "Doc" List
>
> As I walk the circle
> Bringing with me a flow,
> Connecting with the people,
> Delighting in the delicious anticipation and
> Eagerly looking in the eyes and
> Faces, I
> Grasp the weave and
> Hold the space and time.
>
> I gather the attention of those present and
> Join their spirits in
> Keeping with their intent.
>
> Letting my mind settle while
> Melding the flows of energy, I sense the
> Nuance
> of each
> Person's attention.
>
> Questioning, challenging, I move
> 'Round the circle,
> Seeking the connection and
> Taking the time to stir the flow.
>
> Unconsciously, my
> Very
> Will
> eXtends to
> Yearning hopes and fears, seeking the
> Zero point of balance.
>
>
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