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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hello, dear colleagues –</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>For this message I am wearing my tiara as
the inviter of poetry.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>When I asked for poetry on anything reflecting
Open Space in Portuguese, dear Florian sent me this message, which I now share
with you:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>... and why not poetry as well in spanish<br>
while artur and I and some more are travelling<br>
round the comon axis on the same iberian-peninsula ...</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>And what a marvelous idea.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>The Iberian Peninsula is in the extreme
southwest of Europe – inclusive of the regions of Spain, Portugal,
Gibraltar and Andorra.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula
can or have included </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Basque</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Catalan</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Portuguese</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Spanish</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Ladino</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Mirandese</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Galician</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Llanito</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Aragonese</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Asturian</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Occitan / Aranese</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>…oh yes, and English.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>…and…historically….</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Mozarabic</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Aljamia</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Arabic</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Hebrew</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Latin</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Leonese</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Berber</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Romance</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 color=teal
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Lusitanian</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Celtiberian</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=2
color=teal face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:teal'>Tartessian</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>(who knew? How richly textured, the
linguistic history and present of the Iberian Peninsula. I looked it up.)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>So now, I welcome poetry reflective of Open
Space in all languages of the Iberian Peninsula, past and present. You can
translate them into English, but you do not have to – feel free to write
them in their original language only – there will be those on this list
who will understand…and enjoy. And those of us who do not understand the
language can look at the text and breathe and feel spirit from the words –
our bodies and cells will understand, even if our brains may not.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If your poetry is in a different alphabet
than we use here on the list, perhaps you’d like to share a link with us
to where we can read it on the web. Enjoy.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Here, now, is Florian’s poem:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=Languages></a><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
it´s about »now«. I dedicated it a year ago to a spanish client<br>
after we had spoken about open space / espacio abierto.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>ahora<br>
<br>
</span></b>yo no digo no nada,<br>
no buddha, no zen, no tao,<br>
no tengo ninguna idea<br>
tampoco ningun mensaje<br>
quiero callarme a mi mismo<br>
como a todo y todos<br>
para abrirme totalmente<br>
desde las puntas de mi pelo <br>
hasta la planta de mis pies <br>
entre los cielos y la tierra<br>
para estar solo y solamente<br>
mientras en el momento<br>
de aqui y ahoramismo<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
---------------------------<br>
florian fischer<br>
www.begleitung-im-wandel.com<br>
ff@begleitung-im-wandel.com<br>
<br>
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</span></font></p>
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