[OSList] And now, our new OSLIST Poet Laureate.... !

[Pernilla Luttropp]

Congratulations Jonathan!
I very much liked the zen-like poem and I hope to hear more from you in the
coming year.

Pernilla buzzing in Sweden


Den 2013-06-10 02.44, skrev "Lisa Heft" <lisaheft at openingspace.net>:

> Ladies and gentlemen - I now present to you our new Poet Laureate of Open
> Space:
> 
> J o n a t h a n   C o e
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> CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS !!
> 
> Jonathan will now hold space for poetry on the OSLIST through the rest of the
> year.
> And how enriched we will be !
> 
> This mens he will write, or invite, or feel, or however he wishes to hold
> space for poetry for our community and for Open Space.
> 
> And see who the other poets are - their work is amazing amazing. Do continue
> to gift us with your thoughts and words, everyone - all inspiration welcome.
> 
> Enjoy, and a deep bow to our new Poet Laureate...
> Lisa
> 
> ____
> 
> First, Jonathan's poem - one of his two contributions to the contest. And then
> the other fabulous poems from our thoughtful creative colleagues. Happy
> reading and dreaming and imagining...
> 
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> 
> 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.
> 
> -- Jonathan Coe (London, England)
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> 
> Loving My Blank Walls
>  
> 28 February 2013, 12:58PM
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> Tacloban City
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> I love my blank walls
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> They are empty spaces
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> For treasures of my heart
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> They are my open spaces
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> Where I play and dance
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> There I draw
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> Dreams and visions
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> There I start anew
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> Awakening fresh each morning
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> There my mind wanders
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> Coloring my canvass with ideas
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> There I forget
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> And I remember
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> There I am
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> There I am not
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> -- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)
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> 
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> 
> This poem are words I put together from the participants in the Open Space on
> Future of Learning here in Manila in 2011. As I listened to the participants I
> wrote down all the beautiful words and phrases uttered and organized them into
> this (see below). These were words/phrases from about half of the participants
> as I was seated somewhere in the middle (of the circumference) of the circle
> in the closing ceremony. I listened to each one, wrote down, and when It was
> my turn to speak, I read this piece.
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> Open Spaces in My Heart
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> participants¹ beautiful insights woven into one poem by Carmela Ariza
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> at the OST conference on Learning for the Future closing
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> SEAMEO Innotech, Manila, March 2012
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> Help us to just be
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> Not controlling
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> Help us share what we learned
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> To listen to everyone since we are all brilliant and wise
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> Fill us with hope
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> So that we may be the rockets and stars in open space
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> As we sit at the edge of the lake, keep us still and peaceful
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> So that we can marvel at the beauty of open spaces
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> Thank you for the gift of the moment
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> To slow down, because to be slow also means to be fast
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> Lead us to walk towards
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> what is life giving
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> We were initially hesitant
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> But we have learned to open ourselves to others
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> We have found the open space
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> in our silence within
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> From living in tight spaces
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> We now know how to live in open spaces
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> We thank the sacred source
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> For the space of humility and listening from the heart
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> For our nature is to be free
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> Within this happy sacred circle
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> Help us bring healing to others
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> Make our circle continuously open
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> So that our learning will never stop
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> Thank you that we have regained our lost passion
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> And turned our cynicism into idealism
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> Beyond this meeting
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> Use our passions to shape a better future
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> May this be just a beginning of more open spaces
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> New choices, which are the key to freedom
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> Keep us curious
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> Help us sustain the convergence
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> Instill in us a sense of urgency
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> To embrace and own the direction towards what is right and good.
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> -- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)
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> space,
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> opening
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> unfolding
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> wondrous
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> -- Kerry Napuk (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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> This piece I wrote as the team of OS facilitators were designing for many days
> the Sumatran Rhino Crisis Summit. I was reflecting on the issue and I just
> thought about these....
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> Saving the Rhinos and Me
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> by: Carmela Ariza
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> 4 March 2013, 11:52AM
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> Can we really save the rhino?
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> Or are we here to save ourselves?
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> Are we talking about the rhino?
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> Or are we talking about me and you?
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> Should we talk about them?
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> Or should be talk about us?
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> It¹s hard when we have to look out there
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> When the answers are all in here
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> Is it the Rhino who¹s running out of time?
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> Or it is us who are chasing the past?
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> Tomorrow seems to be now
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> And today seems to have gone by
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> We¹ve all come from places near or far
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> Does your presence have a reason and a rhyme
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> How can we make our conversations
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> Mean more than what we came here for
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> Perhaps we all want answers
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> The question is: what is the question?
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> How can we find what¹s good for the rhino?
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> If we can¹t find what¹s good for ourselves
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> Let¹s try to listen more
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> To the calling that¹s within
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> Let¹s try to open up the spaces
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> For the wisdom we all have to share!
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> -- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)
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> Space Open Circle
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> from Open Space Technology - A Users Guide by Harrison Owen
>  
> Note: This poem is in the 'found poetry' form. I have made selections from the
> original text and decided how to shape and punctuate it.
>  
> I have removed all the other words from the book - but none from the selected
> phrases.
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> The circle is the fundamental geometry
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> of human communication.
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> A circle has no head or feet,
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> no high or low
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> no sides to take;
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> in a circle people can simply be
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> with each other,
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> face to face.
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> The geometry of the circle
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> and the rhythm of breath.
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> Show Up
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> Be Present
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> Tell The Truth
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> Let It All Go.
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> Do nothing and remain
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> invisible.
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> Be prepared
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> to be
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> surprised.
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> Who ever heard of a square of friends?
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> -- Jonathan Coe (London, England)
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> 
> This was what I wrote during the Rhino Summit - I started writing there and
> finished it after. It is a very short one...
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> Spaces Made Holy for the Rhino
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> I sit on holy ground
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> As people open spaces
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> To try to save the rhino
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> there are spaces
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> Between us
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> Above us
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> Inside us
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> To voice
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> To listen
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> To Respect
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> And to suspend
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> We are holding the space
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> For a flow of meaning
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> That will be shared by all
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> Even for difficult moments
>  
> We seek to keep the space open
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> Today, I stand firmly on holy ground
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> -- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)
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