<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Lisa,<div>Poem 1 4 virtual stickies</div><div>Poem 10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1 virtual stiicky</div><div><br></div><div>Convenor of competition 16 virtual stickies</div><div><br></div><div>alan</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 17/02/2012, at 2:43 AM, Lisa Heft wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hello, dear colleagues -</div><div>The poetry has floated in - and now it is time to vote to see who our next OSLIST Poet Laureate will be.</div><div><br></div><div>These are all amazing poems. So you could have several favorites.</div><div><br></div><div>It is not as if one poem is 'better' than the others - feel the incredible imagery inspired by the words below and you will see we are graced by many riches.</div><div>However - think about which poem(s) most spark your spirit, passion, reflection and imaginings.</div><div><br></div><div>Here they are - without the poets' names for now.</div><div>Read them any way that works for you.</div><div><br></div><div>To me it would be hard to read them all in a line and taste each one separately. I am a visual person. So I might post each different poem on my wall to sit with them for a bit - to see each in its individual time. </div><div><br></div><div>And now, I give you each 5 virtual sticky-dots.</div><div>You can select a poem which receives all of your dots - or 'spend' your 5 dots among several poems.</div><div><br></div><div>To vote - send me a direct email - <a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a> - to let me know your vote - how many dots for which numbers.</div><div><br></div><div>I will gather your votes until the end of Sunday 19 February - whenever that is wherever in the world you live.</div><div><br></div><div>And on Monday we will welcome our next OSLIST Poet Laureate...</div><div><br></div><div>Here you go... </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div><div>1</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div>An open space?</div> <div>I hesitate</div> <div><br></div> <div>A call somewhere?</div> <div>I hesitate</div> <div><br></div> <div>An open door?</div> <div>I hesitate</div> <div><br></div> <div>And people too?!</div> <div>I hesitate!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Supposed to speak?</div> <div>I hesitate!!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Tell what I need...</div> <div>I hesitate...</div> <div><br></div> <div>Tell what I want?</div> <div>I hesitate!</div> <div><br></div> <div>And they all hear...</div> <div>I doubt they do!</div> <div><br></div> <div>They will not care!</div> <div>I´m sure, I´m sure...</div> <div><br></div> <div>And... there they come!</div> <div>Oh my! They do!</div> <div><br></div> <div>And now we talk!</div> <div>We do! We do!!!</div> <div><br></div> <div>...they listen too...</div> <div>...and so do I...</div> <div><br></div> <div>...and what will come...?</div> <div>Oh my! Oh my!!!</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div>________________________________</div><div><br></div> <div>2</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div>space, no longer a void</div> <div>filled with passion </div> <div>and responsibility</div> <div>in the golden centre</div> <div>sits Fr Brian, smiling</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>3</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div><br></div> <div>Who ever is breathing</div> <div>breathes in – breathes out.</div> <div>Whatever is breathed</div> <div>it is breathed in – breathed out.</div> <div>Whenever I´m breathing</div> <div>I breathe in – I breathe out.</div> <div>Wherever I´m breathing</div> <div>I breathe in – I breathe out.</div> <div>When I stop breathing its over, </div> <div>but its not over as long </div> <div>I breathe in – I breathe out. </div> <div>The turn between in and out </div> <div>tells me that we are all one</div> <div>in breathing.</div> <div><br></div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div>breathe in – breathe out</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div> <div><br></div> <div>4</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>being one with life</div> <div>with the snowy slopes</div> <div>with the river that flows</div> <div>through the mountain village</div> <div>wider and wider</div> <div><br></div> <div>being a person alive</div> <div>one among many</div> <div>swimming and grasping desperately</div> <div>a piece of wood to hold on to</div> <div>tighter and tighter</div> <div><br></div> <div>witnessing and trusting </div> <div>whatever comes</div> <div>the piece of wood as well as the river</div> <div>a love story of presence</div> <div>walking on but never leaving</div> <div><br></div> <div>between the out-breath and the in-breath</div> <div>vastness of space conceiving a star</div> <div>continuous breathing</div> <div>the light of the unknown </div> <div>no beginning and no end</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>5</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>We’re in trouble</div> <div>A promise not kept</div> <div>Not the first time</div> <div>The boss is desperate</div> <div> </div> <div>They’ve come to me</div> <div>Help! They say</div> <div>14 countries meeting on the “dateline”</div> <div>All expect major change</div> <div> </div> <div>Here, read this…</div> <div>I’m handed the “green book”</div> <div>OST – User Guide</div> <div>Make a pitch in the morning</div> <div> </div> <div>I pitch it</div> <div>They buy it</div> <div>All assemble in the circle</div> <div>On the dateline</div> <div> </div> <div>A decade later</div> <div>It is still referred to as</div> <div>The Miracle at Madang!</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>6</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div> <div>Space Infinite</div> <div>Space Complex</div> <div>Space Simple</div> <div>Space Elegant</div> <div>Space Open</div> <div> </div> <div>open space infinite complex simple elegant</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>7</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>From the heart:</div> <div>Invoking,</div> <div>Feeling,</div> <div>Breathing,</div> <div>and Serving</div> <div>One process</div> <div>One Circle</div> <div>Not Two Is Peace</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>8</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>Space</div> <div><br></div> <div>Space between the walls</div> <div>Space between my eyes and this word</div> <div>Space between the Sun and Earth, </div> <div>between the comets and the stars, space. </div> <div><br></div> <div>Space between the roof and the floor</div> <div>Space between the cell and its neighbor cells</div> <div>Space between the electrons, and protons and neutrons, </div> <div>between you and me and us, space. </div> <div><br></div> <div>Open</div> <div><br></div> <div>Open the door to cross a threshold </div> <div>Open your eyes to let the light carrying these letters in </div> <div>Open your ears to let the vibrations talk to you</div> <div>Open your mind to realize there’s only space</div> <div>Open your heart to understand that space is a Gift. </div> <div><br></div> <div>Open the Gift</div> <div><br></div> <div>Open the Gift to create, to express, to become. </div> <div>Open the Gift of losing yourself and finding ourselves. </div> <div>Open the Gift of letting the Universe express to ourselves. </div> <div>Open the Gift of becoming the paint of the Universe masterpiece... </div> <div>The Universe itself.</div> <div> </div> <div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>9</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>Whoever comes</div> <div>will definitely meet</div> <div>the law of two feet</div> <div>and rules</div> <div>that state</div> <div>that she is right</div> <div>and he is right</div> <div>and place is right</div> <div>and time is right</div> <div>whoever comes</div> <div>whenever</div> <div>forever</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div> <div>10</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div>A breath</div> <div>a gentle nod</div> <div>and here we go</div> <div>- I'm on my toes</div> <div>but ease back</div> <div><br></div> <div>The circle is open</div> <div>the wall is too</div> <div>mind is numb</div> <div>and so it is</div> <div>a fraction - of a second</div> <div><br></div> <div>What do I love?</div> <div>feel passion for</div> <div>concern, or connection</div> <div>- responsibility?</div> <div>who am I?</div> <div><br></div> <div>Two feet</div> <div>and a heart</div> <div>and a pen</div> <div>paper and a wall</div> <div>and a hall, and some chairs</div> <div>and above all</div> <div>- my fellows, my friends</div> <div>my teachers</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div><div><div>________________________________</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>Thank you for your votes, and thanks to the poets for this richness - Lisa</i></div> <br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; 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