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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>
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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"'>I have had a lovely interchange with our
current Poet Laureate, Ms. Teresa Pokasony. She has held space for poetry
on the OSLIST for the last several months, and many pieces of poetry have
emerged during her time wearing the laurels.</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"'>I had the honor of being the OSLIST’s
Poet Laureate previous to Ms. Teresa Poemsony. As her life is very full
of wondrous beautiful things right now, she has given me yet another honor –
to announce and conduct the next </span></font><b><font color=fuchsia
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:fuchsia;
font-weight:bold'>poetry contest</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>.</span></font></p>
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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"'>A little history, from brother Chris
Corrigan:</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>“For
all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form Poetry
Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge to the
list. Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing with a contest in the
fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry King” for all
time. I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort
to have some fun. It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out
of gin at the time...”</span></font></i></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
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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"'>As is our tradition, every 6 months or so we
select our next Poet Laureate through this contest, and then they float up and hold
space for poetry for about 6 months. They invite poetry, and / or write
poetry, and / or just b-r-e-a-t-h-e -- and hold s p a c
e for poetry on
our fair list.</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, it is time.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>You, dear reader, may well be the
one…and this may well be the time…to create a poem and be prepared
to be surprised for the possibility of being chosen as our next Poet Laureate.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>In some of our countries, it is the season of </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#339966" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#339966;font-weight:bold'>spring</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold'>. New growth, new life,
gentle sunshine warming the earth. </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>In our other countries, it is the season of </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#ff6600" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>fall</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold'>. Crisp, clean air turning
colder, brisk winds, leaves turning color and falling to the earth.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>In some of our other countries, it is very </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=red face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:red;font-weight:bold'>hot</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold'>. Heat waves radiating
upwards from the earth.</span></font></b></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 particular poetry contest, I invite
you to write a poem that...</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>relates to O p e n S p a c e </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>in some way, and…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>…includes, reflects upon, honors or invites…</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#6600ff" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#6600FF;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
color="#33cc33" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#33CC33;font-weight:bold'>images of nature</span></font></b><b><font
color="#6600ff" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#6600FF;font-weight:bold'> and / or </span></font></b><b><font
color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#CC3300;font-weight:bold'>the earth</span></font></b><b><font size=2
color="#6600ff" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#6600FF;font-weight:bold'>.</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>A few more notes:</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If you write your poem in your own language
which may not be English, please do add a translation in English.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>You have until </span></font><b><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>May 1 </span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>at midnight (Pacific
Standard / West Coast USA Time) to </span></font><b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>send your poems to me either on or off the list </span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>(my
direct email</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>: <a
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>After that date I will publish for you all
the text of every poem sent to me for the contest. The poems will be
judged by a vote of everyone on the OSLIST who wishes to vote. The author
of the poem that attracts the majority of votes will become our next </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=fuchsia face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold'>Poet Laureate</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>,
which includes the honor of holding space for Open Space poetry for our list
for the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>next</span></i> 6 months.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I very much look forward to this delicious
experience of what is about to come…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>A deep bow to Teresa,</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"'>Lisa</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>
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12.0pt'><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>___________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>L
i s a H e f t</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Consultant,
Facilitator, Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>O p e n i n g
S p a c e</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a href="http://www.openingspace.net"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>www.openingspace.net</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
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