Honouring Ten Years of Poets Laureate and King and their poems (Long)

[Anne A Hiha]

Ten Years of Poetry Contests on OSLIST

Thanks to Chris Corrigan for the suggestion
List Poets Laureate and King from the first
Into the bowels of OSLIST Archive
A sleuthing mind took the search

In '99 Ralph Copleman launched
The 'Open Space A to Z Contest.'

Biannual events or so it was chartered
Restricted form mostly, sometimes departed
Words in rhyme, stanza, themes well-crafted
Poet Laureate chosen, the reign then started

One and all, I now present, the People, the poems
OSLIST Poets Laureate and King 

OSLIST Poets Laureate and King not here?
Post name and poem, month and year

Anne A Hiha
Immediate past Poet Laureate


OSLIST Poets Laureate and King the month, year, form and or theme

Ralph Copleman: The first space holder for poetry on OSLIST and Poet King

Chris Corrigan: 1999 November - A to Z, 26 words

Chris Weaver: 2000 May - Relating to Open Space in four stanzas of four lines, each containing four words   

Jeff Aitken: 2000 November - Triple-American-Haiku, inspired by Open Space.

Florian Fischer: 2001 May - Exactly 21 words, and begin with the letter A.

Laurel Doersam: 2002 February - 5 objects within your sight, let the space work, write

Audrey Coward: 2002 November - 10 lines long

Joelle Everett: 2003 April - Any length on Peace or The Practise of Peace 

Florian Fischer: 2003 November - I wonder . . .

Joelle Everett : 2004 September - Butterflies and open space (Hosted by Jeff)

Lisa Heft: 2006 February - Theme is OST; the form is satire

Teresa Posakony: 2006 September - relates to O p e n   S p a c e in some way, and..include, reflect upon, honor or use .t h e    s e n s e s

Karen Sella: 2007 May - O p e n   S p a c e .include, reflect upon, honor or use .t h e   s e n s e s (Hosted by Lisa)

Jeff Aitken: 2008 March - The personal, inner experience of Open Space - the open space within the unbounded expanse of heart and mind.

Anne Hiha: 2008 October - Letters of your Alphabet, an experience with open space that shook your life

Esther Ewing: 2009 August - Deep bow to WOSonOS 2009, any form


Ralph Copleman    1999    
The first space holder for poetry on OSLIST and Poet King.  Below are the two poems Ralph offered to launch the first OSLIST Poetry contest.

Always be careful
Doubt every force
Gathered here in jealous kisses
Let my nearness only press
Quiet, restful stretches together,
Useful verities will x-cite you zealously.

Agendas Beckoning

Circles debut effortlessly.
Fresh gists,
Honored in juiciful knowing,
Loosen miraculous, new, open passions,
Quenchable, really,
Since time undoes vexatious worry.
X-tend your zone!


Chris Corrigan    1999 November - A to Z, 26 words

HOLDING THE SPACE

A brilliantly choreographed dance emerges.
Faces glow happily.
I'm just keeping low, minding nothing,
observing people, quietly ruminating,
studying things,
until various worldly x-periences yield zonally


Chris Weaver     2000 May - Relating to Open Space in four stanzas of four lines, each containing four words 

OPEN SPACE

You have arrived here
before, burning for air,
surfacing in a circle
of early spring lakewater

with loons around you.
Did even the ones
who love you understand
why you stepped off

the dock into black
water?  The beckoning voice
was so soft: consider
the lilies.  We carve

that first time into
a monument of birdsong
and hand each other deeper
trust, easily, like sandwiches.


Jeff Aitken    2000 November - Triple-American-Haiku, inspired by Open Space.

huge pens and newsprint
like twigs and leaves on the floor:
fall forest clearing.

wall like wide canvas
bare, primed, awaiting wide strokes
painted by our hearts.

circle of welcome,
like setting an old table
for neighbors and friends.


Florian Fischer    2001 May - Exactly 21 words, and begin with the letter A.

anfang

am anfang war kein ende.
so ward entschieden
daß anfang auf anfang folge
immerdar
vorbei-ist-vorbei bedeutet darum:
gib raum neuem anfang


beginning

at the beginning
there was no end

ever since they decided
beginning forever

over-is-over tells us
it’s time for a further beginning


Laurel Doersam    2002 February - 5 objects within your sight, let the space work, write

the space in my sight glancing into a mirror

I've turned into a Renaissance painting!
Picture this:
an extra thirty pounds adorns my thighs and torso,
my eyes are Mona Lisa-esque
(read that "no lashes or brows")
the only thing missing is the long, flowing tresses.
I do, however, have a very short,
snappy wig interwoven with a passle of white hairs -
it's quite a good rug, but ITCHY.  I'm still quite startled
every time I inadvertently glance into a mirror.


Audrey Coward    2002 November -10 lines long

TRANSFORMATION

Open space in your heart
Drill down
down
down
Past all fears
Let them go
Arrive in virgin open space
Where you become brand new
once again
and greet yourself as if for the first time.


Joelle Everett    2003 April - Any length on Peace or The Practise of Peace

I'm breathing the smoke
of gunshots, mortars, missiles,
and oil wells burning.
I'm stirring in the night,
hearing children crying and mothers keening

It has the grit of desert sandstorm.

The night sky is torn by explosives,
cut by the arc of a missile.
There's no place far enough
to put my heart at ease.

Can I buy another chance?

I want to refuse to take sides.

I want to imagine a world
more spacious and more intimate.
I want the courage to buy
homes and meals and schoolbooks
instead of guns and tanks.
I want to be peace, wild and fierce and sweet.


Florian Fischer    2003 November - I wonder . . .

I wonder

I wonder
whether words will work
I wonder
whether wanting will work
I wonder
whether worrying will work
I wonder
whether voting will work
to get answers on
where to go and
when to stop and
how to stay

will worshipping work
or waiting for wonders

or is it simply giving welcome
to the wonder happening
already and continuously
as selffulfilling reality
not answering any question
about right or wrong
or how or where or when

I am to witness the wonder
and to stay wondering until
perhaps to my two words before last:
I wonder


Joelle Everett    2004 September - Butterflies and open space

PORTALS

In the green heart of the wild wood,
Woodpecker is knocking:
at midsummer the air is as green
as light filtered through emerald.
Deer steps into a shadow
And disappears.

I sit by the water drumming,
open my eyes to Butterfly -
a flash of black and yellow
rises up in my face,
soars over my head and leaves me
drumming, enchanted.

Earth holds the weight of tree trunks,
heavy and unmoving,
but in the circle of the sky
leafy treetops bend and shake,
playing a wild game
with the wind.

The air is interlaced with open spaces,
this world and some other
lie as close together
as a leaf lies against the air -
a blink of an eye, shift of imagination,
will take me there.

And my heart is captured by longing,
restless with the thin veneer
over the surfaces of things,
watching for the moment of invitation:
a trembling leaf, Woodpecker knocking,
a new note in your voice . . .

The world on fire burns with a green flame:
I will not trade a precious moment
of the chaos, joy and pain
for a life with no surprises,
for a day with no time
to let you in.


Lisa Heft    2006 February - Theme is OST; the form is satire

"I Am So Amazing"
 
I invite them to crawl around on the floor
.and they do.
.and they kind of like it.
 
I invite them to post signs on a wall, run around the room like insects.
 
I tell them feet have laws.
 
The part they see me do is pick up their coffee cups - incredibly
skilled work, worthy of huge sums of money.
 
I ring a bell; they sit.  
 
I have such power.


Teresa Posakony    2006 September - relates to O p e n   S p a c e in some way, and..include, reflect upon, honor or use .t h e    s e n s e s

Diving Deep
Are you ready?
No I mean. 
Are you READY?

The time is now
Hold my hand
Together we dive
Into the river of heart and soul

The water is deep and quick
All there is to do is trust the flow
Struggling makes no sense though
We don't know where the river goes

The choice is clear
Ready
Set
Wait a minute Let me catch my breath

Go. 


Karen Sella    2007 May - O p e n   S p a c e .include, reflect upon, honor or use .t h e   s e n s e s (Hosted by Lisa)

Open Space for Cats and Dogs

I walk through fragrant blue sky
Bare feet on wet grass.
It is too cold for bare feet,
But my teachers have taught me well.
Who can resist a noisy yawn and a warm wiggle first thing in the morning?

To greet each dawn and each other with a curious heart.
To be mesmerized by the smallest motion.
To breathe the air, the earth.
To inhale the stories in each blade of grass. 
To forgo the coffee and drink the dew.
To listen for what can't be heard.
To bathe in light and nap awake in the middle of the day.
Is to arrive fully alive.

Forget the honey, taste the bee.
I have but one question:
When the butterfly lands on my nose, can I eat it?

 
Jeff Aitken    2008 March - The personal, inner experience of Open Space - the open space within the unbounded expanse of heart and mind.

When my father died I grieved all year. 

But Michael Stipe was right that sweetness follows.


When it's over,

A cloud of feeling lingers, calls up memories, shows me the world with eyes
more raw, more open to this stark, leafless maple growing in the sidewalk.

And shows me to the work that's next to do.


When it's over,

We might start that lovely, awkward dance of hugs, and wait our turn to hug
Ralph, and Chris, Karen, Joelle, and Lisa, everyone who won and wrote and
read, and lay a wreath for Laurel on the earth.


When it's over,

we might stand in Harrison's circle with hands joined and faces outward,
hearts burst open to the horizon and the mystery of walking toward it, alone
and together, finding spaces snapping open like poppies.


Anne Hiha    2008 October - Letters of your Alphabet, an experience with open space that shook your life

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


Esther Ewing   2009 August - Deep bow to WOSonOS any form 


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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