[OSList] Poetry on the oslist

[Jeff Aitken]

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On Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 10:12 AM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.aitken at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks. The warm invite to check the oslist archives led me on a good
> journey last night. Some of the jewels I found were poems, from the days of
> the "poetry celebration and contest" that lived here for a long while.
>
> Poems of open space! With a convenor naming a poetic "form" to follow for
> that round of celebration.
>
> Here is one, in the form of three stanzas of haiku.
>
>
> huge pens and newsprint
>
> like twigs and leaves on the floor:
>
> fall forest clearing.
>
>
> wall like wide canvas
>
> bare, primed, awaiting fresh strokes
>
> painted by our hearts.
>
>
> circle of welcome,
>
> like setting an old table
>
> for neighbors and friends.
>
>
>
> Here is one in a fun form using an alphabet. It's not about open space,
> but is about writing a poem, kinda. (Without launching a new Celebration
> formally, i invite you to try it...)
>
>
> And I
> Believe you too
> Can
> Do a poem, and
> Even
> Fairly
> Gracefully – I
> Have seen
> Innovative
> Juxtapositions
> Kindly
> Line up in
> Many
> New and
> Original
> Poems - it’s
> Quite
> Reasonable to get
> So many words
> To line
> Up
> Very
> Willingly
> Xcept if you get this far it’s sometimes trouble.
>
>
>
>
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