4 dots to #2 and 1 dot to #8 thanks for all the lovely poems!
Behold! life sprouts in Seoul :-) park On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:14:35 -0700, Karen Sella <ka...@luminacoaching.com> wrote: >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: HYPERLINK >"mailto:ka...@luminacoaching.com"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 dots:-)). > > > >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 experience of >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 voting:-), > > > >k > > > > > >Karen Sella > >Coaching: HYPERLINK "http://www.luminacoaching.com"www.luminacoaching.com > >Consulting: HYPERLINK >"http://www.integralventures.com"www.integralventures.com > >Blog: HYPERLINK "http://www.lumina.typepad.com"www.lumina.typepad.com > >Phone: 1.206.780.2998 > >Skype: karensella > > > > > >lumina fr. 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