OSLIST POETRY CELEBRATION AND CONTEST: August 2009 - New Poet Laureate

[Anne A Hiha]

Drum roll please
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Hear ye, hear yea
The virtual dot mountains have been measured and
It is my honour and privilege to announce that
The new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST is Esther Ewing.

For her poignant poem, 'Pondering Open Space.'


Congratulations Esther and a deep bow to you! 
It is my pleasure to place the virtual laurel upon your head and wish you well in OSLIST poetry for the next 6 months or so. 
Enjoy your reign!

The sticky dot mountain measurements are available on request.

Here are the poems again, below, with the authors' names attached. 
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who wrote, and everyone who read, and voted. 
Again we were endowed with a wonderful collection of poems that we enjoyed. 

Poet Laureate October 2008 over and out.

Anne A Hiha
>From calm and cloudy Napier


Poem 1 by Lisa Heft

I invite you to share a dream of mine
and join me at WOSonOS 2009
As we share our learning in every way
in a beautiful city called Taipei.

We will stretch and learn and run around the place
as we explore and share in Open Space.
‘Li hau ba’ the Host Team will say to us
(that’s ‘Hello’ in Taiwanese to the rest of us)

‘Ni hau’ we’ll reply as we’ll learn to say
(that’s ‘Hello’ also in a Taiwanese way).
We’ll announce our topics without reservations,
co-creating an agenda of great conversations.

Any issue or topic you are passionate about - 
you’ll find others who care, without a doubt.
We’ll share some thoughts and pose some questions
as we butterfly and bumblebee between the sessions.

The Law of Two Feet will take us ‘round the place,
including Global Village Marketplace
and Silent Auction so we can buy
each others’ pretty things and I’ll tell you why:

Each year we raise funds in currency and coin as
we share our resources so others can join us.
So pack along something from village or city
with a few extra dollars to buy something pretty.

Each day we will re-open space and have fun,
each night we’ll celebrate and enjoy Taiwan.
We’ll take notes as we go through our dynamic meetings
to co-create our own Book of Proceedings.

We’ll share about culture and get inspiration
exploring ideas about facilitation.
We’ll learn and grow and our skills will increase
in the use of this method for practicing peace,

for meetings and forums, idea creation,
strategy, planning, conflict transformation,
in businesses, governments and communities -
to explore complex issues and discover opportunities.

So if you think ‘Could I come too? How?’
Say it out loud and make a vow.
Gather your resources - soon you’ll say ‘Wow!’
Join us in Taiwan: register now! 



Poem 2 by Alex Iglacia

it is windy each day inside open space
the wild wild west of this me-we place
with hearts breaking open to all that can be
and minds sparking new thoughts and possibility

we are blowing my mind as i sit on my bum
humming drum a drum drum, and my heartbeat goes yum
and attention shifts outward forming circular sums
and trust bends back blindingly, following meaningful crumbs

i am clear that the path you and i bow to is near
in fact we're right on it right now and right here
playfully working and working at play
opening to each other, in space every day.



Poem 3 by Nancy McPhee

Deep bow for open space

Daring
Effervescent
Elegant 
Profound

Beautiful
Open 
World.

Wisdom
Offers
Bounty

Pleasure
Essence
Every 
Day.


Poem 4 by Esther Ewing

Pondering Open Space
 
I sit and wonder,
Why am I here?
What can I contribute?
 
Patience, my soul answers.
Patience, and wait.
All will come clear.
 
Other voices rise and fall,
Puzzled, but accepting,
Quietly I wait...
 
Ah, it comes to me:
Some contribute by speaking,
Others by being the deep, cool pool into which they make a splash.
 
I listen to their talking,
And gradually, patiently, I understand.






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