[OSList] FW: Poet Laureate?

Harrison Owen hhowen at verizon.net
Wed Apr 13 15:37:04 PDT 2011


 

I don't know if this fits, but some many years ago I had the privilege of
spending some time in the African Bush with some wonderful people. I think
this was my first awareness of open space (Open Space?). Anyhow I wrote
about it and it went like this (in my first book, "When the Devil Dances"
and I should add that the Devil is not the familiar figure with long horns
but rather the missionaries mistaken appellation for a central actor in
village life.)

 

In the village

All things go in a circle,

And everything fits.

To speak of the drums

Is to speak of the dance,

Is to speak of the Devils.

 

Weaving and Forging

Fire and Steel - The Bush

Life, Death, and Life again.

 

When the Devil Dances Life goes on.

 

 

Harrison

 

Harrison Owen

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Harold Shinsato
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Poet Laureate?

 

Two submissions for the contest:

1.

There still is a list for OS
It started as ListServ oh Yes!
When Boise said it must move
>From its original groove
The Mailman would give it a rest


2.

Rhythmic cursor blink
Yin yang zero one parade
Of discrete digits

One thing no thing moves
Flowing through the cracks of form
No thing is moving

Playing with silence
Everything is moving
It sits where it wants

Between black and white
Not gray but open to change
The muse and the dance




-- 
Harold Shinsato
harold at shinsato.com
http://shinsato.com
twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> 

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