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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><span>!!! congratulations jonathan !!!<br>
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</span>On 2013-06-10 02:44, Lisa Heft wrote:<br>
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<div>Ladies and gentlemen - I now present to you our new Poet
Laureate of Open Space:</div>
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<div>J o n a t h a n C o e</div>
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<div>CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS !!</div>
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<div>Jonathan will now hold space for poetry on the OSLIST through
the rest of the year.</div>
<div>And how enriched we will be !</div>
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<div>This mens he will write, or invite, or feel, or however he
wishes to hold space for poetry for our community and for Open
Space.</div>
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<div>And see who the other poets are - their work is amazing
amazing. Do continue to gift us with your thoughts and words,
everyone - all inspiration welcome.</div>
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<div>Enjoy, and a deep bow to our new Poet Laureate...</div>
<div>Lisa</div>
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<div>First, Jonathan's poem - one of his two contributions to the
contest. And then the other fabulous poems from our thoughtful
creative colleagues. Happy reading and dreaming and imagining...</div>
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<div>WOSONOS 2012 </div>
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<div>In Stoke Newington Town Hall I fell in love with nothing,</div>
<div>and it was no thing that I loved.</div>
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<div>Alone, knowing no-one and nothing I walked the circle</div>
<div>I got present</div>
<div>I was connected.</div>
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<div>Presence,</div>
<div>absence.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:
pre; "> </span></div>
<div>The empty space of the opening circle.</div>
<div>Profoundly empty,</div>
<div>containing no thing</div>
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<div>Through me </div>
<div>everything and no-thing, in me</div>
<div>the circle, in me</div>
<div>the space, in me</div>
<div>the people, in me</div>
<div>butterflies and bumblebees. In me</div>
<div>body, in me</div>
<div>mind, in me</div>
<div>image, in me</div>
<div>thought, in me</div>
<div>feeling, in me</div>
<div>sensation, in me</div>
<div>nothing. </div>
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<div>It started at the right time</div>
<div>The right people were the ones who came</div>
<div>The only thing that could have happened</div>
<div>Was what happened</div>
<div>It was over when it was over.</div>
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<div>The bees were buzzing</div>
<div>The 'flies were flitting</div>
<div>The space was open.</div>
<div>The circle was squared.</div>
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<div>--<i> Jonathan Coe (London, England)</i></div>
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<div>Loving My Blank Walls</div>
<div>28 February 2013, 12:58PM</div>
<div>Tacloban City</div>
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<div>I love my blank walls</div>
<div> </div>
<div>They are empty spaces</div>
<div>For treasures of my heart</div>
<div> </div>
<div>They are my open spaces</div>
<div>Where I play and dance</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There I draw</div>
<div>Dreams and visions</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There I start anew</div>
<div>Awakening fresh each morning</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There my mind wanders</div>
<div>Coloring my canvass with ideas</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There I forget</div>
<div>And I remember</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There I am</div>
<div>There I am not</div>
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<div>-- <i>Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines) </i></div>
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<div><i>This poem are words I put together from the participants
in the Open Space on Future of Learning here in Manila in
2011. As I listened to the participants I wrote down all the
beautiful words and phrases uttered and organized them into
this (see below). These were words/phrases from about half of
the participants as I was seated somewhere in the middle (of
the circumference) of the circle in the closing ceremony. I
listened to each one, wrote down, and when It was my turn to
speak, I read this piece.</i></div>
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<div>Open Spaces in My Heart</div>
<div>participants’ beautiful insights woven into one poem by
Carmela Ariza</div>
<div>at the OST conference on Learning for the Future closing</div>
<div>SEAMEO Innotech, Manila, March 2012</div>
<div> </div>
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<div>Help us to just be</div>
<div>Not controlling</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Help us share what we learned</div>
<div>To listen to everyone since we are all brilliant and wise</div>
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<div>Fill us with hope</div>
<div>So that we may be the rockets and stars in open space</div>
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<div>As we sit at the edge of the lake, keep us still and peaceful</div>
<div>So that we can marvel at the beauty of open spaces</div>
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<div>Thank you for the gift of the moment</div>
<div>To slow down, because to be slow also means to be fast</div>
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<div>Lead us to walk towards </div>
<div>what is life giving</div>
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<div>We were initially hesitant</div>
<div>But we have learned to open ourselves to others</div>
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</div>
<div>We have found the open space </div>
<div>in our silence within</div>
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<div>From living in tight spaces</div>
<div>We now know how to live in open spaces</div>
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<div>We thank the sacred source</div>
<div>For the space of humility and listening from the heart</div>
<div>For our nature is to be free</div>
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<div>Within this happy sacred circle</div>
<div>Help us bring healing to others</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Make our circle continuously open</div>
<div>So that our learning will never stop</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thank you that we have regained our lost passion</div>
<div>And turned our cynicism into idealism</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Beyond this meeting</div>
<div>Use our passions to shape a better future</div>
<div> </div>
<div>May this be just a beginning of more open spaces</div>
<div>New choices, which are the key to freedom</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Keep us curious</div>
<div>Help us sustain the convergence</div>
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<div>Instill in us a sense of urgency</div>
<div>To embrace and own the direction towards what is right and
good.</div>
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<div>--<i> Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)</i></div>
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<div>space,</div>
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<div>opening</div>
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<div>unfolding</div>
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<div>wondrous</div>
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<div><i>-- Kerry Napuk (Edinburgh, Scotland)</i></div>
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<div><i>This piece I wrote as the team of OS facilitators were
designing for many days the Sumatran Rhino Crisis Summit. I
was reflecting on the issue and I just thought about these....</i></div>
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<div>Saving the Rhinos and Me</div>
<div>by: Carmela Ariza</div>
<div>4 March 2013, 11:52AM</div>
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<div>Can we really save the rhino?</div>
<div>Or are we here to save ourselves?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Are we talking about the rhino?</div>
<div>Or are we talking about me and you?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Should we talk about them?</div>
<div>Or should be talk about us?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>It’s hard when we have to look out there</div>
<div>When the answers are all in here</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Is it the Rhino who’s running out of time?</div>
<div>Or it is us who are chasing the past?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Tomorrow seems to be now</div>
<div>And today seems to have gone by</div>
<div> </div>
<div>We’ve all come from places near or far</div>
<div>Does your presence have a reason and a rhyme</div>
<div> </div>
<div>How can we make our conversations</div>
<div>Mean more than what we came here for</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Perhaps we all want answers</div>
<div>The question is: what is the question?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>How can we find what’s good for the rhino?</div>
<div>If we can’t find what’s good for ourselves</div>
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<div>Let’s try to listen more</div>
<div>To the calling that’s within</div>
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<div>Let’s try to open up the spaces</div>
<div>For the wisdom we all have to share!</div>
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<div>-- <i>Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)</i></div>
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<div>Space Open Circle </div>
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<div><i>from Open Space Technology - A Users Guide by Harrison
Owen</i></div>
<div><i>Note: This poem is in the 'found poetry' form. I have made
selections from the </i><i>original text and decided how to
shape and punctuate it.</i></div>
<div><i>I have removed all the other words from the book - but
none from </i><i>the selected phrases.</i></div>
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<div>The circle is the fundamental geometry</div>
<div>of human communication.</div>
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<div>A circle has no head or feet,</div>
<div>no high or low</div>
<div>no sides to take;</div>
<div>in a circle people can simply be</div>
<div>with each other,</div>
<div>face to face.</div>
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<div>The geometry of the circle </div>
<div>and the rhythm of breath.</div>
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<div>Show Up</div>
<div>Be Present</div>
<div>Tell The Truth</div>
<div>Let It All Go.</div>
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<div>Do nothing and remain</div>
<div>invisible.</div>
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<div>Be prepared</div>
<div>to be</div>
<div>surprised.</div>
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<div>Who ever heard of a square of friends?</div>
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<div>-- <i>Jonathan Coe (London, England)</i></div>
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<div><i>This was what I wrote during the Rhino Summit - I started
writing there and finished it after. It is a very short one...</i></div>
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<div>Spaces Made Holy for the Rhino</div>
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<div>I sit on holy ground </div>
<div>As people open spaces</div>
<div>To try to save the rhino</div>
<div>there are spaces</div>
<div>Between us</div>
<div>Above us</div>
<div>Inside us</div>
<div>To voice</div>
<div>To listen</div>
<div>To Respect</div>
<div>And to suspend</div>
<div>We are holding the space</div>
<div>For a flow of meaning</div>
<div>That will be shared by all</div>
<div>Even for difficult moments</div>
<div>We seek to keep the space open</div>
<div>Today, I stand firmly on holy ground</div>
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<div>-- <i>Carmela Ariza (Manila, the Philippines)</i></div>
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