Teresa! Fantastic!<br><br>(Teresa and I have just finished working together for the first time, co-hosting a four day Art of Hosting training with Tennesonn Woolf and Brenda Chaddock).<br><br>I laugh robustly at the synchronicity of it all!
<br><br>Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lisa Heft</b> <<a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Hello, dear friends and colleagues
–</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font color="purple" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: purple; font-weight: bold;">I am delighted to announce our new </span></font></b><b><font color="fuchsia" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: fuchsia; font-weight: bold;">Poet Laureate</span></font></b><b><font color="purple" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: purple; font-weight: bold;">…</span>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Stickie-dots flow into my
Inbox like many-colored butterflies </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To land on…</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">…her magic words.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Must be nectar there…</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font color="fuchsia" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: fuchsia; font-weight: bold;">Ms. Teresa Posakony</span></font></b><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
is the writer of poem #3,
"Diving Deep", and the new Poet Laureate of our OSLIST community.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Teresa will hold this title for the next six
months or so, holding space for poetry on the list by inviting, noticing,
inspiring, offering poetry…whatever is her unique way. And at the
end of that six months or so she will host another restricted form poetry
contest …and so the tradition continues.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am honored to pass the tiara to Teresa.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Wear it in good health (and you'll
look so stylish, too!), with my warm wishes and congratulations.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Here again are the three amazing poems, and
now, the talented, thoughtful mystery poets will be revealed. What a
wonderful thing to have people like you in our world…</span></font></p>
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<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p style=""><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">#1</span></font></b></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">the symbols ring</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">the voices sing</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">the space opens</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">my heart follows</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">the day unfolds</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">... behold!</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> -- by
Kerry Napuk (Edinburgh, Scotland)</span></font></i></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p style=""><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">#2</span></font></b></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
sense of things</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I
have seen the texture of space<br>
felt the sound of silence, falling in a wide open offering<br>
tasted hesitancy and the sweetness of light<br>
touching time </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">we sense into the most
astonishing places together, you and I<br>
into the tight cracking of possibility<br>
screaming for release</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">we
let the humour of despair rest on our tongues,<br>
choke our eyes with tears and scour our nostrils<br>
with tendrils of acrid smoke.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">we
walk together in circles<br>
dizzy with the sensation of silent music<br>
anxious that the soft holding<br>
be strong enough to withstand the wails of pain and joy<br>
that accompany liberation</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I
have seen the music of leadership<br>
arise to dance with chaos;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">watched
the bitterness of hunger<br>
fade into the dark recesses of the palette;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">heard
the smooth and cool surface of flow<br>
course through networks of veins;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">tasted
the colour of peace:<br>
its pure yellow flavour flecked with crimson notes;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">smelled
the birth of worlds and the shifting of lives;<br>
in ever opening space.</span></font></p>
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<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> -- by
Chris Corrigan (Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada)</span></font></i></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p style=""><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">#3</span></font></b></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Diving Deep</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Diving Deep</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Are you ready?</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">No I mean… </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Are you READY?</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The time is now</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hold my hand</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Together we dive</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Into the river of heart and soul</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The water is deep and quick</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All there is to do is trust the flow</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Struggling makes no sense though</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We don't know where the river goes</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The choice is clear</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ready</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Set</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wait a minute Let me catch my breath</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Go. </span></font></p>
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<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p style=""><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> -- by
Teresa Posakony (Seattle, Washington, USA)</span></font></i></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p style=""><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">___________________________</span></font></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"> </span></font></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thank you, Chris, Kerry and Teresa for
sharing your gifts with us, </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lisa</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">___________________________</span></font></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">L
i s a H e f t</span></font></b></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;">Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="ES-MX">O p e
n i n g S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="black"><span style="color: black;" lang="ES-MX">
lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.openingspace.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="black"><span style="color: black;" lang="ES-MX">
www.openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span></font></p>
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