[OSList] Reminder: Poetry Contest Spring 2013 - cast your dots until midnight June 7

Lisa Heft lisaheft at openingspace.net
Thu Jun 6 17:30:33 PDT 2013


Here is your reminder to cast your virtual dots before midnight on  
Friday June 7, wherever you live...


> From: Lisa Heft <lisaheft at openingspace.net>
> Date: May 28, 2013 9:05:54 PM PDT
> To: OSLIST <OSList at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Poetry Contest Spring 2013 - cast...your...dots...until  
> midnight June 7
>
> And now, with excitement, dear readers, I offer you the entries in  
> the Spring 2013 OSLIST Poetry Contest!
>
> As it is traditionally an invitation for poetry about or inspired by  
> Open Space - plus a recommendation about form or content  
> (‘restricted form poetry’), this particular contest invited the  
> creation of original poetry with two guidelines:
>
> About Open Space    -and-    describing success and productivity in  
> Open Space
>
> Here are the lovely entries.
> At the moment, the poets are anonymous.
>
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>
> Now, imagine you have 5 virtual sticky-dots to spend.
> Let your mind and body and spirit and heart help you place 0 to 5  
> virtual dots on any or all of the poems that move and inspire you.  
> You can even vote for yourself.
>
> Send me a direct email to lisaheft at openingspace.net to let me know  
> how many dots you are placing on #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and or #7,  
> below.
>
> This part of the Poetry Contest is open until midnight (wherever you  
> live) on Friday, June 7.
>
> After which I will announce the next OSLIST Poet Laureate and reveal  
> our lovely poets - plus a few more notes about some of these poems.
>
> Here...we...go...
>
> _________________
>
> #1
>
> Loving My Blank Walls
>
>
> I love my blank walls
>
> They are empty spaces
> For treasures of my heart
>
> They are my open spaces
> Where I play and dance
>
> There I draw
> Dreams and visions
>
> There I start anew
> Awakening fresh each morning
>
> There my mind wanders
> Coloring my canvass with ideas
>
> There I forget
> And I remember
>
> There I am
> There I am not
>
>
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>
> #2
>
> WOSONOS 2012
>
>
>
> In Stoke Newington Town Hall I fell in love with nothing,
> and it was no thing that I loved.
>
> Alone, knowing no-one and nothing I walked the circle
> I got present
> I was connected.
>
> Presence,
> absence.									
> The empty space of the opening circle.
> Profoundly empty,
> containing no thing
>
> Through me
> everything and no-thing, in me
> the circle, in me
> the space, in me
> the people, in me
> butterflies and bumblebees.  In me
> body, in me
> mind, in me
> image, in me
> thought, in me
> feeling, in me
> sensation, in me
> nothing.
>
> It started at the right time
> The right people were the ones who came
> The only thing that could have happened
> Was what happened
> It was over when it was over.
>
> The bees were buzzing
> The 'flies were flitting
> The space was open.
> The circle was squared.
>
>
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>
> #3
>
>
> Help us to just be
> Not controlling
>
> Help us share what we learned
> To listen to everyone since we are all brilliant and wise
>
> Fill us with hope
> So that we may be the rockets and stars in open space
>
> As we sit at the edge of the lake, keep us still and peaceful
> So that we can marvel at the beauty of open spaces
>
> Thank you for the gift of the moment
> To slow down, because to be slow also means to be fast
>
> Lead us to walk towards
> what is life giving
>
> We were initially hesitant
> But we have learned to open ourselves to others
>
> We have found the open space
> in our silence within
>
> From living in tight spaces
> We now know how to live in open spaces
>
> We thank the sacred source
> For the space of humility and listening from the heart
> For our nature is to be free
>
> Within this happy sacred circle
> Help us bring healing to others
>
> Make our circle continuously open
> So that our learning will never stop
>
> Thank you that we have regained our lost passion
> And turned our cynicism into idealism
>
> Beyond this meeting
> Use our passions to shape a better future
>
> May this be just a beginning of more open spaces
> New choices, which are the key to freedom
>
> Keep us curious
> Help us sustain the convergence
>
> Instill in us a sense of urgency
> To embrace and own the direction towards what is right and good.
>
>
>
> [a note from the poet about #3: this is ‘found poetry’ created from  
> participants’ comments and reflections during an Open Space event’s  
> Closing Circle]
>
> _________________
>
>
> #4
>
>
>
> space,
>
> opening
>
> unfolding
>
> wondrous
>
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>
> #5
>
> Saving the Rhinos and Me
>
>
>
> Can we really save the rhino?
> Or are we here to save ourselves?
>
> Are we talking about the rhino?
> Or are we talking about me and you?
>
> Should we talk about them?
> Or should be talk about us?
>
> It’s hard when we have to look out there
> When the answers are all in here
>
> Is it the Rhino who’s running out of time?
> Or it is us who are chasing the past?
>
> Tomorrow seems to be now
> And today seems to have gone by
>
> We’ve all come from places near or far
> Does your presence have a reason and a rhyme
>
> How can we make our conversations
> Mean more than what we came here for
>
> Perhaps we all want answers
> The question is: what is the question?
>
> How can we find what’s good for the rhino?
> If we can’t find what’s good for ourselves
>
> Let’s try to listen more
> To the calling that’s within
>
> Let’s try to open up the spaces
> For the wisdom we all have to share!
>
>
>
> _________________
>
>
> #6
>
>
> Space Open Circle
>
>
> The circle is the fundamental geometry
> of human communication.
>
> A circle has no head or feet,
> no high or low
> no sides to take;
> in a circle people can simply be
> with each other,
> face to face.
>
> The geometry of the circle
> and the rhythm of breath.
>
> Show Up
> Be Present
> Tell The Truth
> Let It All Go.
>
> Do nothing and remain
> invisible.
>
> Be prepared
> to be
> surprised.
>
> Who ever heard of a square of friends?
>
>
>
> [a note from the poet about #6: this is ‘found poetry’ created from  
> the text of “Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide by Harrison Owen]
>
>
> _________________
>
>
> #7
>
>
> Spaces Made Holy for the Rhino
>
> I sit on holy ground
> As people open spaces
> To try to save the rhino
> there are spaces
> Between us
> Above us
> Inside us
> To voice
> To listen
> To Respect
> And to suspend
> We are holding the space
> For a flow of meaning
> That will be shared by all
> Even for difficult moments
> We seek to keep the space open
> Today, I stand firmly on holy ground
>
>
> _________________
>
>
> Cast...your...dots...until midnight (wherever you live) on June 7...
>
>
> Lisa
> OSLIST Poet Laureate Spring 2006
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