[OSList] Announcing the new OSLIST Poet Laureate

fischer florian florianfischer at ff-wey.com
Tue Feb 21 02:01:14 PST 2012


Congratulation Agneta !!!
Poetry opens space.
Hesitating opens space.
Laurel opens the taste of nature.

And a lot of thanks to Lisa
for facilitating the contest
in her apreciating lovliest special way of communiacion !!

Florian

Florian Fischer
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www.begleitung-im-wandel.com
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10779 Berlin
Fon (030) 2116752



Am 21.02.2012 um 02:04 schrieb Lisa Heft:

> 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
>
> ______________________
>
>
> 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)
>
>
> ______________________
>
> 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.
>
> ______________________
>
> 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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