Colleagues: The 2nd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest has now officially drawn to a close and, as OSLIST Poet Laureate, it gives me great pleasure to announce the winner.
Congratulations go to Chris Weaver, our new OSLIST Poet Laureate. Chris's poem received the most votes, even though Chris modestly voted for someone else! In addition to wearing the mantle of the OSLIST Poet Laureate, Chris will receive a copy of The Tao of Pooh and shoulder the responsibility for organizing the 3rd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest in October. Thanks to all who participated...is someone willing to host the complete collection on a Web page somewhere? And, now...the winning poem, and it's truly a beatiful piece; an extended metaphorical meditiation on Open Space and swimming with a touch of whimsy and a barely acceptable bending of the rules in the fourth stanza. Thanks Chris, and congrats. Please email me your address so I can wing your prize to you: OPEN SPACE You have arrived here before, burning for air, surfacing in a circle of early spring lakewater with loons around you. Did even the ones who love you understand why you stepped off the dock into black water? The beckoning voice was so soft: consider the lilies. We carve that first time into a monument of birdsong and hand eachother deeper trust, easily, like sandwiches. -- CHRIS CORRIGAN 108-1035 Pacific Street Vancouver BC V6E 4G7 Phone: 604.683.3080 Fax: 604.683.3036 (GO LEAFS GO!)
