[OSList] Vote by Dec 5th: Your Chance to Select the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hello Everyone,

Thank you to our three colleagues who submitted a poems!  It's time to
determine who earns the title of OSLIST Poet Laureate for the next six
months.

Please reply to this email by the end of December 5th with a vote for your
favorite poem from the three options below.

Lucas Cioffi
OSLIST Poet Laureate, Summer-Fall 2015



*Poem #1*

Open space
is a
quick
brown
fox
jumping over that
lazy dog
Control.



*Poem #2*

*I* feel deeply touched

*A*bout everything that is happening
*M*y deepest feelings goes to the family of the deceased

*P*rinciples like love, peace, respect…are they lost?
*A*lways seemed right to love and respect every soul , every living being!
*R*ises my inner voice against all kind of hate and evil
*I*s this the world we want to build?
*S*ay no to hate, say no to fear, say yes to love, and please respect all
kinds of being!



*Poem #3*

Someone may say, ‘What can one person do?, when others are so evil?’
One person can step forward.
Just as in Open Space.
Speaking to passion and responsibility.
We’ve seen it happen.

In Open Space, we have learned to notice the differences.
The one person.
The diversity.

One person can step forward.
Name a topic.
Submit a poem.
Hold a session with just themselves attending it.

In Open Space, we welcome that.
We invite it.
Even one person stepping forward
stepping into their passion and responsibility
can shift an organization. A community. A way of thinking.

Someone said, 'Only one person on this list submitted a poem.'

One person.
Stepping forward.
Speaking to passion and responsibility.

What can one person do?
Step forward into the silence.
Breathe.
Open up her arms.
Invite difference.
Embody the simple fact that
each person matters.

One person can do the most loving thing it is in her heart to do.
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