OK time for a confession - which if turned over becomes an invitation.
The poem "Diving Deep" which danced its way serendipitously into this poetry contest was one of a handful of poems I've written in my adult life AND NOW I blushingly wear the tiara of the OSLIST Poet Laureate. I wholly was playing and completely trusting the honor of Poet Laureate to pass me by. So what of this tiara? It is an invitation for ME and I imagine MANY on this list to play more fully with word and image. David Whyte speaks of Why Poetry Matters: Poetry is an intimate conversation with the wonders and difficulties of the world, a pilgrim path to a place where we are able to combine our fear, our fierceness, and our faith to make a life we can call our own- no matter the difficulties that seem to surround us. The invitation: Bring on the poets, the shy poets, the closet poets, the loud poets. Bring to the list are favorites and those we use and discover as we Open Spaces and ones that open spaces in our hearts. Lately, "threshold" poems have been grabbing me. it seems appropriate here too as I think of all the new beginnings that are sparked in Open Space and the joy of finding "the other." At the Threshold below is one of those poems. I've also included the original Diving Deep poem that brought me into this flow with you. Enjoy Teresa Posakony http://artofhosting.org <http://artofhosting.org/> http://berkana.org At the Threshold Gunilla Norris, 2003 Stand at the kitchen door with me. Honor the heart of transformation. Honor your own heart where everything is always changing. It is the very same dwelling. Pause at the door. Your heart needs this. My heart needs this time for recognition or it will go astray. It will forget to reach for its real joy.its true becoming. Pause at the door. This is good and necessary for this room is every room. The world lives here. Pausing each day helps us know nothing is outside of us. Honor the heart that can feel the joy and the terror of the world in you and in me. Only what is truly human can walk this path, walk through and be constant. Bow to that heart. Hold my hand. I need you for courage. We become who we are together, each needing the other. Alone is a myth. The path leads through this door. I cannot go to the kitchen without you. Let us enter together. ________________________________________________ Diving Deep Diving Deep Are you ready? No I mean. Are you READY? The time is now Hold my hand Together we dive Into the river of heart and soul The water is deep and quick All there is to do is trust the flow Struggling makes no sense though We don't know where the river goes The choice is clear Ready Set Wait a minute Let me catch my breath Go. -- by Teresa Posakony (Seattle, Washington, USA) ___________________________ Thank you, Chris, Kerry and Teresa for sharing your gifts with us, Lisa ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
