[OSList] Announcing the new OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Annamarie Pluhar]

I love that poem! 

Congrats to Agneta! 

Thanks Lisa for being the coordinator. 


Annamarie Pluhar

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On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Lisa Heft wrote:

> I am pleased to announce the new OSLIST Poet Laureate...
> Agneta Setterwall !!!
> 
> As Poet Laureate she will be holding space on OSLIST for poetry about and inspired by Open Space over the next six months.
> 
> Please join me in welcoming Agneta !
> 
> Below is her poem.
> And below that is a little history of the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest and a list of our past Poet Laureates. A deep bow to you all, and to poetry - Lisa
> 
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> An open space?
> I hesitate
> 
> A call somewhere?
> I hesitate
> 
> An open door?
> I hesitate
> 
> And people too?!
> I hesitate!
> 
> Supposed to speak?
> I hesitate!!
> 
> Tell what I need...
> I hesitate...
> 
> Tell what I want?
> I hesitate!
> 
> And they all hear...
> I doubt they do!
> 
> They will not care!
> I´m sure, I´m sure...
> 
> And... there they come!
> Oh my! They do!
> 
> And now we talk!
> We do! We do!!!
> 
> ...they listen too...
> ...and so do I...
> 
> ...and what will come...?
> Oh my! Oh my!!!
> 
> 
> -- Agneta Setterwall (Uppsala, Sweden)
> 
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> 
> History of the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest
> 
> “For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge to the list.  [The late great] Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing with a contest in the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry King” for all time.  I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort to have some fun.  It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out of gin at the time...”
>  
> 'Restricted form' means some described form or boundary for the poem - as in this recent Poetry Contest where you were invited to create poems about or inspired by Open Space and breathing, trusting the unknown, and emergence.
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> Our Past OSLIST Poet Laureates
> 
> Ralph Copleman 1999
> Chris Corrigan 1999 
> Chris Weaver 2000
> Jeff Aitken 2000
> Florian Fischer 2001
> Laurel Doersam 2002
> Audrey Coward 2002
> Joelle Everett 2003
> Florian Fischer 2003
> Joelle Everett 2004
> Lisa Heft 2006
> Teresa Pokasony 2006
> Karen Sella 2007
> Jeff Aitken 2008
> Anne Hiha 2008
> Esther Ewing 2009
> Chris Corrigan 2010
> ...and now... Agneta Setterwall 2012
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