#1 gets all 5 of my dots 2008/3/10 Karen Sella <ka...@luminacoaching.com>:
> Greetings All, > > > > Behold! The muses have spoken! It is time to vote on the poetry > submissions for our most recent 2008 Poetry Contest to determine who will hold > the title of Poet Laureate for the next six months or so. You each have * > 5* virtual sticky-dots to spend. You may place all dots on one poem, or > some on each; you may vote for yourself or for another -- however you would > like to spend them to mark your sense of which poems speak to you. > > > > > > Please send an email to me off-list: ka...@luminacoaching.com by Friday, > March 14th, to tell me how you have placed your virtual dots for each > numbered poem. I will collect your messages this week, score over the > weekend, and announce next week who we've chosen to be our next Poet > Laureate (the author of the poem that received the most dotsJ). > > > > For those of you who may be new on the list, the OSLIST has a Poet > Laureate who is awarded the title through a poetry contest held every six > months or so (initiated by the current Poet Laureate—and usually graciously > assisted by our Lisa Heft). The Poet Laureate holds space for poetry on the > list by inviting, noticing, inspiring, offering poetry and hosting the next > poetry contest… > > > > Just a reminder, this contest's topic was: *The personal, inner experienceof > Open Space—the open space > within the unbounded expanse of heart and mind…* > > > > And now, without further ado, the eight poems for your enjoyment and > voting… > > > > > > *#1 * > > > > ODE TO MY BREATH > > > > HOURS SLIP BY > > DAYS RUN OFF > > YEARS PILE UP > > GOOD TIMES > > SAD TIMES > > MEMORABLE MOMENTS > > GLIMPSES OF BLISS > > ALL COME AND GO > > IN THEIR OWN RHYTHM > > WHAT WILL BE NEXT? > > YES, I KNOW WHAT'S NEXT > > WITH UNFAILING SURETY > > IT IS MY BREATH > > HERE IT COMES > > IN,HOLD, THEN OUT > > LET GO > > MAKE IT DEEP > > EMBRACE OT FULLY > > THEN LET IT FLY > > > > SOON THE CYCLE BEGINS AGAIN > > NEVER CEASING, ON AND ON > > UNTILL THE END OF MY TIME IN THIS SWIRLING UNIVERSE > > > > *#2* > > > > the duck floats by > > nonchalantly > > oblivious to breaking the ripples in the water quack! > > > > *#3* > > > > NO POEM > > > > NO POEM TODAY > > NOT MUCH TO SAY > > THOUGHTS COME AND GO > > IMAGES DRIFT FAST AND SLOW > > SADNESS CREEPS IN > > WORRIES LOOP AND SPIN > > TRY TO GET BACK TO HERE AND NOW > > LET THIS MOMENT SHOW ME HOW > > WASH AWAY FEARS AND PAIN > > CONFIDENCE COME UP AGAIN > > NOW I SEE A BUTTERFLY > > SPREADING WINGS, CIRCLING HIGH > > COURAGE SPREADS THROUGH ME LIKE LIGHT > > COME STAY WITH ME ALL DAY AND NIGHT > > > > *#4* > > > > When my father died I grieved all year. > > But Michael Stipe was right that sweetness follows. > > > > When it's over, > > A cloud of feeling lingers, calls up memories, shows me the world with > eyes more raw, more open to this stark, leafless maple growing in the > sidewalk. > > And shows me to the work that's next to do. > > > > When it's over, > > We might start that lovely, awkward dance of hugs, and wait our turn to > hug Ralph, and Chris, Karen, Joelle, and Lisa, everyone who won and wrote > and read, and lay a wreath for Laurel on the earth. > > > > When it's over, > > we might stand in Harrison's circle with hands joined and faces outward, > hearts burst open to the horizon and the mystery of walking toward it, alone > and together, finding spaces snapping open like poppies. > > > > *#5* > > > > Can we live in a larger world > > Than ever we have before? > > The world that we can think about > > Is puny by comparison > > To what can happen if we let it > > Thinking opens doors to only ordinary things > > Bumping's the trick of the nothing in between > > Where living lives & giving gives > > & Everything in nothing is > > What grows a larger living world > > > > *#6* > > > > Open space is not empty > > Instead fertile fecund bumpy > > Inviting > > We go to it not empty but overflowing > > Seeking to give without control > > Willing to receive without expecting > > Expecting limits us & we are without limits > > > > To live in open space is to > > Invite > > —help > > —engagement > > —meeting > > Be invited > > —to help > > —to leave > > Be inviting > > Help before you're invited > > Let invitations come and go > > & not count the difference > > > > Live it before you know it > > Live it to know it > > Open space gently takes your hand > > Splash some on your face and body > > Listen—give voice—listen—live > > > > *#7* > > > > I am a dreamer > > My dreams start a journey > > A road sparked by Spirit > > > > Spirit is the fuel that propels me > > Without it there is no forward motion > > No hope of betterment > > > > Space is the place dreams are born > > It is not sleep that produces them > > It is the open and clear field of possibility > > > > When I am in Open Space > > Spirit is always present > > Here the dream begins and so does my travel I travel in good company > > > > Keep your Spirit > > I am dreaming with you > > > > > > *#8* > > > > > > > > > > *breathing* > > * connecting opening* > > > > * breathing > breathing* > > * > * > > * witnessing > inviting* > > * * > > * > breathing > breathing* > > > > * letting go > co-creating* > > * * > > * breathing > breathing* > > * * > > * naming emerging* > > * breathing* > > > > > > > > _________________________ > > > > Happy votingJ, > > > > k > > > > > > Karen Sella > > Coaching: www.luminacoaching.com > > Consulting: www.integralventures.com > > Blog: www.lumina.typepad.com > > Phone: 1.206.780.2998 > > Skype: karensella > > > > > > lumina fr. 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