[OSList] BETTER VERSION: The OSLIST Poetry Contest!

[Jeff Aitken via OSList]

The old ones say poems, like a stone in rain, show us the narrow way
through the mountain pass.

Please consider reading these poems below and choosing one or more for your
five votes. By June 30.
On Jun 23, 2016 10:39 AM, "Jeff Aitken" <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes to be clear: you may use your five votes for one poem, or distribute
> them to two poems, or as many as five poems, as you wish.
>
> Enjoy the poetry!
> On Jun 23, 2016 10:28 AM, "Jeff Aitken" <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Read these poems! Love these poems. Vote for these poems! By June 30.
>
> (I hope this fixed the format)
>
> The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
> entries in the contest below.
>
> As a member of oslist you have five votes or "virtual sticky dots" to use.
> Please reply TO ME only - NOT the oslist - or write rjeffaitken at gmail.com
>  with
>
> - the number of the poem.
> - the number of dots you are giving that poem.
>
> The contest ends Thursday June 30 at midnight California time. The new
> Poet Laureate will be crowned with a virtual laurel of leaves on July 1.
>
> AND (drum roll) the new Laureate will be awarded a copy of Chris
> Corrigan's newly beautifully published book The Tao of Open Space. Thanks
> Chris.
>
> Apologies for any formatting issues. If you sent a poem and it's not here
> - let me know asap!
>
> (I offered poems to the celebration but not to the contest. Let our new
> Laureate be chosen now! - Jeff)
>
> With a shoutout to our dear departed Ralph Copleman z''l who originated
> the Celebration and Contest...
>
> Here are the poems - enjoy!
>
> 1:
>
> It was obvious there was pain.
>
> Feelings hurt. Wounds infected.
>
> Hopes, dwindling relentlessly over the horizon called “not today.”
>
> It was the story underneath, finally excavated,
>
> that began to change everything.
>
> 2:
>
> 圍圓坐  sit around circle
> 相視識. Look to know each other
> 取紙筆 take pen n paper
> 述題旨 describe your theme
> 選時空 choose a space n time
> 召人議 invite people to discuss
> 蜂採蜜 bees keep busy
> 蝶翩舞 butterfly dances
> 此即時 now is right time
> 隨心聚 gather with your heartl
> 終亦始 end is also start
>
> 3:
>
> We are spreading out to the centre,
> Unravelling to the core;
> We are flowing in the stillness,
> Living less being more.
>
> The space it is opening,
> The circle spirals in;
> The frozen turns to water,
> The frown becomes a grin.
>
> 4:
>
> Wenn ich sein kann
> wer ich bin
> kann ich werden
> wer ich sein kann
>
> When I can be
> who I am
> I can become
> Who I can be
>
> 5:
>
> Moo
>
> We moved
> To overcome
> Frames
> Stale and hardened
>
> We mooed
> Crossing over
> Grassy fields
> Verdant minds
>
> We mowed
> Sharp shears
> Breaking through
> Rigid thoughts
>
> We mooed
> As we moved
> On mowed
> Open spaces
>
> 6:
>
> 邀集圓坐相視識 Invite to sit a circle. Look to know each other
>
> 取紙筆 述題旨Take pen n paper;  describe your theme
>
> 擇時空 召人議Choose a space n time; call people to meet
>
> 蜂飛蝶舞此即時Bees keep busy  butterfly dances  now is right time
>
> 隨心聚散 Gather or leave with your heart
> 終亦始 end is also start
>
> 7:
>
> 邀圓環視取紙筆Invite a circle, look around, take a pen and paper
>
> 選定時空述題旨Choose a time-space, describe your topic
>
> 蜂蝶飛舞此即時 Bees and butterflies are dancing, now is right time
>
> 隨心聚散終亦始Gather or leave with your heart, end is also start
>
> 8:
>
> We have a right to treat each other well
>
> knowing from the depths of authenticity
>
> yet mysterious beyond human understanding
>
> that good things emerge whenever we do.
>
> What wonder filled constancy!
>
> 9:
>
> Life is a subtle affair
>
> in which we do well to notice
>
> that coupled in the swirl of the dance
>
> is the real joy of living in togetherness
>
> amid still feelings of oneness.
>
> 10:
>
> there was an old codger from maine
> who said open those spaces again
> for all those who did
> I lift off me lid
> and welcome all those who just came
>
> 11:
>
> The space a circle
>
> Three-dimensional circuit
>
> Transmitting love-light
>
>
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