<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;">Hello, all - and now for some lovely news about our next OSLIST Poet Laureate.<div>An OSLIST Poet Laureate’s honor is to hold space for poetry on the OSLIST for the next six or so months.</div><div>Thank you for your wonderful contributions, all.</div><div>And there was more happening than what you may have thought. I will show you.</div><div><br></div><div>___</div><div><br></div><div>First, a haiku response from Chris Altmikus, who selected my <u>invitation</u> as his choice for all five of his dots. </div><div>I had not noticed that this part of my invitation was like the first line of a haiku: </div><div><div><br><i>Ready?<br>Here<br>we<br>go.</i> <br><br>___</div><div><br></div><div>Aha! Poetry is everywhere, if we notice the poetry all around us. As Florian does, below.</div><div><br></div><div>Next, a haiku response from Tenneson Woolf, who noted he had missed the deadline for writing a haiku:<br><br><i>Damn! I missed deadline.<br>Would have written, otherwise.<br>My dots are below.<br></i><br>___</div><div><br></div><div>And now, here is my haiku response to all of you who responded:<br><br><i>Thank you, dear poets -<br>some who knew you were, and some<br>who suprised yourselves.<br></i><br>___<br><br>Here are the results of the Spring 2015 OSLIST Poetry Contest.<br>About how less is sometimes more, when Open Space is used.<br>Our new Poet Laureate is (drumroll, please…)<br>Lucas Cioffi !<br>Here is Lucas’ haiku.<br><br>___<br><br><br>Space __ ______________<br><br>_ _______ open ____ ________<br><br>______ _ __________ us.<br><br><br><br>___</div><div><br></div><div>And here are the other lovely contributions. Whoever comes is the right person. Be prepared to be… surprised….<br><br>___<br><br>» writing a haiku<br>about sometimes less is more<br>when op´n space is used «<br><br><br>- Florian Fischer<br><br>______<br><br><br><br>Why Technology?<br>A joke or divine wisdom?<br>Which is funnier?<br><br><br>- Harold Shinsato<br><br>______<br><br><br>Gathering pollen<br>Colonies working too hard<br>Busy bees collapse<br><br><br>- Harold Shinsato<br><br><br>______<br><br><br>Safety for our tears<br>fear anger joy love sorrow <br>Flow grows after grief<br><br><br><br>- Harold Shinsato<br><br>_____<br><br><br>It is so good to hear from Florian, who has been with us holding creative space for so many years.</div><div>And Harold the ways you receive and choose your thoughtful words always gives nutrition to my brain and heart.</div><div><br></div><div>We are so very lucky to have every one of you as members of our community.</div><div>Congratulations to all of you poet contributors and all of you poetry appreciators.<br><br>Warmly, <br>Lisa<br>(who will see some of you at the Open Space Learning Workshop and the WOSonOS in Poland in September…)<br><br>___</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></body></html>