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

Thu Jun 13 16:19:11 PDT 2013

Suzanne - you opened this space. An Jonathan, our Poet Laureate! Can you
imagine any community of Folks engaged in SERIOUS world changing stuff who
also have Poets Laureates? Wildly weird and wonderful! Just so we don't
forget, all this poetry stuff began with Ralph Copleman, who died a few
years back. Ralph was/is wonderful dear friend. It is so fantastic
witnessing his spirit emerging in the very present, new Poet Laureate.  

ho

Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Dr.

Potomac, MD 20854

USA

189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)

Camden, Maine 04843

Phone 301-365-2093

(summer)  207-763-3261

www.openspaceworld.com 

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Daigle
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 7:02 PM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] And now, our new OSLIST Poet Laureate.... !

Dear Jonathan, 

Can't believe I waited this long to tell you how wonderful it is that you
are the New Poet Laureate. I'll never forget meeting you in London, hearing
you revel about how much you were enjoying Open Space connecting it to other
things that we are really passionate about. 

Reading the first lines....

Alone, knowing no-one and nothing I walked the circle

I got present

I was connected

And now knowing who the poet is, it's even more inspiring.  And because you
were so present and open to meeting us, it was not long before we all got to
know you and now a world community knows you too.  That's the magic of Open
Space and this wonderful community.  So very awesome!

Suzanne... Bravo and big hugs

P.S.  Ben Roberts has placed your poem and others in the WOSonOS Reprise
butterfly garden
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/19KF7dW1wRiqe4ama_w55HeWwPcMj7OgdHcQcoop
NmbQ/edit> . 

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Pernilla Luttropp <pluttropp at swipnet.se>
wrote:

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

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...

___

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)

_____

Loving My Blank Walls

28 February 2013, 12:58PM

Tacloban City

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

-- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines) 

____________

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.

Open Spaces in My Heart

participants' beautiful insights woven into one poem by Carmela Ariza

at the OST conference on Learning for the Future closing

SEAMEO Innotech, Manila, March 2012

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.

-- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)

_____

space,

opening

unfolding

wondrous

-- Kerry Napuk (Edinburgh, Scotland)

_____

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....

Saving the Rhinos and Me

by: Carmela Ariza

4 March 2013, 11:52AM

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!

-- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)

_____

Space Open Circle 

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.

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?

-- Jonathan Coe (London, England)

_____

This was what I wrote during the Rhino Summit - I started writing there and
finished it after. It is a very short one...

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

-- Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)

  _____  

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