Thank you Lisa for inviting and shepherding us through the selection process. I love the mystery, not knowing who the authors are and enjoying the words that are like a dance.<br><br>I place my dots as follows: <br><br>Poem 1: 3<br>
Poem 5: 2<br><br>Tis night here so I shall be one of those who turn in to sleep as others awaken...! <br><br>Suzanne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Alan Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@multimindsolutions.com">alan@multimindsolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Lisa<br><br>Nicely done.<br><br>My vote is 5 dots for #1. <br><br>From Adelaide, to where I have been back since last April, am in process of <br>
moving to a delightful cottage in an area of the City (one square mile) which is inhabited by extraordinarily 'community minded' spirits and am girding my loins<br>
for the launch of the new way of socializing which Raffi and I initiated at your WOSonOS and which was gathering momentum when I introduced it in the event in Taipei. <br><br>Go well <br><br>Risk everything<br><br>Love<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>Alan <br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 17 February 2012 05:13, Lisa Heft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net" target="_blank">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><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" target="_blank">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>
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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> <div style="word-wrap:break-word">
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