<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">And now, with excitement, dear readers, I offer you the entries in the Spring 2013 OSLIST Poetry Contest!</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">As it is traditionally an invitation for poetry about or inspired by Open Space - plus a recommendation about form or content (‘restricted form poetry’), this particular contest invited the creation of original poetry with two guidelines: </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">About Open Space -and- describing success and productivity in Open Space </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Here are the lovely entries. </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">At the moment, the poets are anonymous.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Now, imagine you have 5 virtual sticky-dots to spend.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Let your mind and body and spirit and heart help you place 0 to 5 virtual dots on any or all of the poems that move and inspire you. You can even vote for yourself.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Send me a direct email to <a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099">lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></a> to let me know how many dots you are placing on #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and or #7, below.</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 12.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">This part of the Poetry Contest is open until midnight (wherever you live) on Friday, June 7.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">After which I will announce the next OSLIST Poet Laureate and reveal our lovely poets - plus a few more notes about some of these poems.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Here...we...go...</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#1</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Loving My Blank Walls</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">I love my blank walls</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">They are empty spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">For treasures of my heart</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">They are my open spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Where I play and dance</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">There I draw</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Dreams and visions</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">There I start anew</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Awakening fresh each morning</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">There my mind wanders</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Coloring my canvass with ideas</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">There I forget</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">And I remember</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">There I am</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">There I am not</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#2</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">WOSONOS 2012 </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">In Stoke Newington Town Hall I fell in love with nothing,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">and it was no thing that I loved.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Alone, knowing no-one and nothing I walked the circle</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">I got present</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">I was connected.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Presence,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">absence.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The empty space of the opening circle.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Profoundly empty,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">containing no thing</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Through me </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">everything and no-thing, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">the circle, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">the space, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">the people, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">butterflies and bumblebees. In me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">body, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">mind, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">image, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">thought, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">feeling, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">sensation, in me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">nothing. </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">It started at the right time</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The right people were the ones who came</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The only thing that could have happened</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Was what happened</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">It was over when it was over.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The bees were buzzing</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The 'flies were flitting</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The space was open.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The circle was squared.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#3</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Help us to just be</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Not controlling</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Help us share what we learned</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To listen to everyone since we are all brilliant and wise</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Fill us with hope</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">So that we may be the rockets and stars in open space</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">As we sit at the edge of the lake, keep us still and peaceful</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">So that we can marvel at the beauty of open spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Thank you for the gift of the moment</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To slow down, because to be slow also means to be fast</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Lead us to walk towards </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">what is life giving</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We were initially hesitant</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">But we have learned to open ourselves to others</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We have found the open space </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">in our silence within</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">From living in tight spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We now know how to live in open spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We thank the sacred source</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">For the space of humility and listening from the heart</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">For our nature is to be free</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Within this happy sacred circle</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Help us bring healing to others</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Make our circle continuously open</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">So that our learning will never stop</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Thank you that we have regained our lost passion</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">And turned our cynicism into idealism</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Beyond this meeting</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Use our passions to shape a better future</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">May this be just a beginning of more open spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">New choices, which are the key to freedom</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Keep us curious</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Help us sustain the convergence</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Instill in us a sense of urgency</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To embrace and own the direction towards what is right and good.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS; letter-spacing: 0.0px">[</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>a note from the poet about #3: this is ‘found poetry’ created from participants’ comments and reflections during an Open Space event’s Closing Circle</i></span><span style="font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS; letter-spacing: 0.0px">]</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#4</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">space,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">opening</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">unfolding</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">wondrous</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#5</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Saving the Rhinos and Me</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Can we really save the rhino?</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Or are we here to save ourselves?</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Are we talking about the rhino?</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Or are we talking about me and you?</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Should we talk about them?</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Or should be talk about us?</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">It’s hard when we have to look out there</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">When the answers are all in here</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Is it the Rhino who’s running out of time?</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Or it is us who are chasing the past?</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Tomorrow seems to be now</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">And today seems to have gone by</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We’ve all come from places near or far</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Does your presence have a reason and a rhyme</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">How can we make our conversations</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Mean more than what we came here for</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Perhaps we all want answers</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The question is: what is the question?</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">How can we find what’s good for the rhino?</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">If we can’t find what’s good for ourselves</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Let’s try to listen more</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To the calling that’s within</font></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Let’s try to open up the spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">For the wisdom we all have to share!</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#6</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Space Open Circle </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The circle is the fundamental geometry</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">of human communication.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">A circle has no head or feet,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">no high or low</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">no sides to take;</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">in a circle people can simply be</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">with each other,</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">face to face.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The geometry of the circle </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">and the rhythm of breath.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Show Up</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Be Present</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Tell The Truth</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Let It All Go.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Do nothing and remain</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">invisible.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Be prepared</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">to be</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">surprised.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Who ever heard of a square of friends?</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS; letter-spacing: 0.0px">[</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>a note from the poet about #6: this is ‘found poetry’ created from the text of “Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide by Harrison Owen</i></span><span style="font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS; letter-spacing: 0.0px">]</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">_________________</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">#7</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Spaces Made Holy for the Rhino</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">I sit on holy ground </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">As people open spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To try to save the rhino</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">there are spaces</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Between us</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Above us</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Inside us</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To voice</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To listen</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">To Respect</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">And to suspend</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We are holding the space</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">For a flow of meaning</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">That will be shared by all</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Even for difficult moments</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We seek to keep the space open</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Today, I stand firmly on holy ground</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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