<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Less is Sometimes More - Poetry Contest Spring 2015<br><br>First, the “haiku” shared by Agustin Jiménez, written by the late Bruce Lee:<br><br>When one has no forms, <br>one can be all forms, <br>when one has no style, <br>one can fit with any style.<br><br>___<br><br>And now on to our Poetry Contest.<div><br></div><div>___</div><div><br>You have 5 virtual sticky dots to ‘spend’ on the items below, to indicate your selection(s) of which move / intrigue / inspire / tickle you.</div><div><br></div><div>Send me your selection *directly* - not on the list - to <a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net">lisaheft@openingspace.net</a></div><div>I will collect your indications and show the results back to you.</div><div><br></div><div>Tell me...<br>- the number of the haiku below -and- how many dots you are placing on it / them.<br><br></div><div>You can place all 5 your dots on one haiku, or distribute your dots among several of them. <br>For this selection process I will show you the haiku anonymously. When I announce the final, selected haiku and the new Poet Laureate I will show you all the poets’ names. </div><div><br></div>This selection process is open until midnight, wherever you are in the world, Thursday May 14. <br><div><br></div><div>Ready? </div><div>Here</div><div>we</div><div>go.</div><div><br></div><div>Less is more, when Open Space is used:</div><div><br><div><div><br>___<br><br><br>#1<br><br><br>Space __ ______________<br><br>_ _______ open ____ ________<br><br>______ _ __________ us.<br><br><br> <br>#2<br><br><br>» writing a haiku<br>about sometimes less is more<br>when op´n space is used «<br><br><br><br><div> #3</div><div><br>Safety for our tears<br>fear anger joy love sorrow <br>Flow grows after grief</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><div>#4<br><br>Gathering pollen<br>Colonies working too hard<br>Busy bees collapse<br><br><br></div><div><br></div>#5</div><div><br>Why Technology?<br>A joke or divine wisdom?<br>Which is funnier?<br><br><br><br>___<i>thank you for sending me your selections of how many dots on which poem(s</i>)___</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Lisa</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa Heft</div><div>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator</div><div>Opening Space</div><div>OSLIST Poet Laureate for seasons in Spring>Autumn 2006 and Winter>Spring 2014-15</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div></div></body></html>