There once was a woman called Birch<br>Who was invited to work with a church<br>She knew all the rules, <br>And could use all the tools<br>And finally chose Future Search.<br><br>She did well but felt that the place<br>Might use a little more grace
<br>So she threw out the rules<br>And sat and retooled<br>And finally just opened some space;.<br><br>Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Harrison Owen</b> <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">
hhowen@verizon.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;">Craig -- Love the poem. And I find the serendipitous ridiculousness of
<br>writing poems about a "meeting methodology" particularly appealing. Maybe<br>somebody has done it, but I have yet to see an "Ode to Real Time Strategic<br>Change," A Sonnet in honor of Appreciative Inquiry, or blank verse charting
<br>a Future Search. But then again it may not be about a "meeting methodology?"<br><br>Harrison<br><br>Harrison Owen<br>7808 River Falls Drive<br>Potomac, Maryland 20854<br>Phone 301-365-2093<br>Skype hhowen<br>
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<br>To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>Subject: Craig--Open Space Poem<br><br>Below is a poem I offer that emerged from my experiences of Open Space.<br>This is the world it creates for me and in me. I hope you enjoy the sense
<br>and nonsense of it. Thanks, Craig<br><br><br><br> A Poem of Open Space<br> Craig Gilliam<br> 10/3/06
<br><br><br>The dance of nonsense,<br> in and out of time,<br> the swirling mass matters,<br> the deep rhythms,<br> no one knows, but all know, unspoken,
<br> rising waters, sinking tides,<br> the Spirit moving<br>over the deep,<br> order from
<br>chaos,<br><br>chaos from order,<br><br>silence,<br> out<br>of the whirlwind,<br> out of the fragments of
<br>disconnects,<br> a subtle voice emerges,<br> whispers,<br> shouts,<br> a new song,<br> a new order,<br>
new connections,<br> playing with and through us;<br> Is it all for naught,<br> or is it naught that opens the way?<br><br>
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