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

Mon Aug 24 18:03:26 PDT 2009

Wow, I am thrilled and humble but really pleased!  Thank you Anne.  Wow. I
never thought I would ever win this. This is so much fun! Yay! I'm honoured,
everyone. I guess the next thing is to set it to music. I'll have to see
about that.

Esther

>From cloudy New York City

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Hiha
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Subject: [OSLIST] OSLIST POETRY CELEBRATION AND CONTEST: August 2009 - New
Poet Laureate

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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