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

Mon Aug 24 18:07:59 PDT 2009

Esther--

Congratulations! Well deserved!

Maybe Chris Corrigan can make the music for it.

			:- Doug.

On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 21:03 -0400, Esther Ewing wrote:
> 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.
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> Esther
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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne
> A Hiha
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 8:22 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: [OSLIST] OSLIST POETRY CELEBRATION AND CONTEST: August 2009 -
> New Poet Laureate
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> Drum roll please
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> Hear ye, hear yea
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> The virtual dot mountains have been measured and
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> It is my honour and privilege to announce that
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> The new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST is Esther Ewing.
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> For her poignant poem, 'Pondering Open Space.'
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> Congratulations Esther and a deep bow to you! 
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> 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. 
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> Enjoy your reign!
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> The sticky dot mountain measurements are available on request.
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> Here are the poems again, below, with the authors' names attached. 
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> Heartfelt thanks to everyone who wrote, and everyone who read, and voted. 
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> Again we were endowed with a wonderful collection of poems that we enjoyed. 
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> Poet Laureate October 2008 over and out.
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> Anne A Hiha
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> >From calm and cloudy Napier
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> Poem 1 by Lisa Heft
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> I invite you to share a dream of mine
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> and join me at WOSonOS 2009
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> As we share our learning in every way
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> in a beautiful city called Taipei.
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> We will stretch and learn and run around the place
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> as we explore and share in Open Space.
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> ‘Li hau ba’ the Host Team will say to us
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> (that’s ‘Hello’ in Taiwanese to the rest of us)
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> ‘Ni hau’ we’ll reply as we’ll learn to say
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> (that’s ‘Hello’ also in a Taiwanese way).
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> We’ll announce our topics without reservations,
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> co-creating an agenda of great conversations.
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> Any issue or topic you are passionate about - 
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> you’ll find others who care, without a doubt.
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> We’ll share some thoughts and pose some questions
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> as we butterfly and bumblebee between the sessions.
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> The Law of Two Feet will take us ‘round the place,
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> including Global Village Marketplace
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> and Silent Auction so we can buy
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> each others’ pretty things and I’ll tell you why:
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> Each year we raise funds in currency and coin as
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> we share our resources so others can join us.
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> So pack along something from village or city
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> with a few extra dollars to buy something pretty.
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> Each day we will re-open space and have fun,
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> each night we’ll celebrate and enjoy Taiwan.
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> We’ll take notes as we go through our dynamic meetings
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> to co-create our own Book of Proceedings.
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> We’ll share about culture and get inspiration
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> exploring ideas about facilitation.
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> We’ll learn and grow and our skills will increase
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> in the use of this method for practicing peace,
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> for meetings and forums, idea creation,
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> strategy, planning, conflict transformation,
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> in businesses, governments and communities -
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> to explore complex issues and discover opportunities.
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> So if you think ‘Could I come too? How?’
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> Say it out loud and make a vow.
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> Gather your resources - soon you’ll say ‘Wow!’
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> Join us in Taiwan: register now! 
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> Poem 2 by Alex Iglacia
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> it is windy each day inside open space
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> the wild wild west of this me-we place
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> with hearts breaking open to all that can be
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> and minds sparking new thoughts and possibility
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> we are blowing my mind as i sit on my bum
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> humming drum a drum drum, and my heartbeat goes yum
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> and attention shifts outward forming circular sums
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> and trust bends back blindingly, following meaningful crumbs
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> i am clear that the path you and i bow to is near
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> in fact we're right on it right now and right here
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> playfully working and working at play
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> opening to each other, in space every day.
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> Poem 3 by Nancy McPhee
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> Deep bow for open space
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> Daring
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> Effervescent
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> Elegant 
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> Profound
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> Beautiful
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> Open 
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> World.
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> Wisdom
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> Offers
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> Bounty
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> Pleasure
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> Essence
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> Every 
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> Day.
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> Poem 4 by Esther Ewing
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> Pondering Open Space
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> I sit and wonder,
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> Why am I here?
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> What can I contribute?
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> Patience, my soul answers.
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> Patience, and wait.
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> All will come clear.
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> Other voices rise and fall,
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> Puzzled, but accepting,
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> Quietly I wait...
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> Ah, it comes to me:
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> Some contribute by speaking,
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> Others by being the deep, cool pool into which they make a splash.
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> I listen to their talking,
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> And gradually, patiently, I understand.
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