Re: open space poetry

2006-01-23 Thread Nancy White
I must say, the Canadian Nancy White is a funny song goddess. Plus she writes nice post cards to all the other Nancy Whites who show up near her in google. This must be the Nancy White open open open space. Grinning, in seattle, with that damn song still like a mind worm, active in my brain. * *

Re: open space poetry--let's make it official

2006-01-23 Thread Jeff Aitken
Atlas Atlas strains to stay standing. His stone limbs faintly shaking, he gazes far off as if to forget this cruel, pressing mass he must lift until time ends. Holding space is a curse. Jeff Aitken It's hard to write poetic satire unless it's funny like Chris & Co. What are others coming up wi

Re: open space poetry--let's make it official

2006-01-22 Thread Jeff Aitken
Now that it's official, I re-wrote this poem a little bit. Thanks Joelle for opening the poetry space. There was a young man who had learned a good trick. He stood up and asked them all "what makes you tick?" They wrote a few words and he went for a walk. He returned and they cried "it was so

Re: open space poetry--let's make it official

2006-01-22 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 1/22/06 4:33:11 PM, JLEShelton writes: > As the official Poet Laureate of this OSList, honoring the self-organizing > nature of the universe, I now declare that the space is officially open for > Open Space Satire.  So, all you poets, wannabe poets, lurking poets--send > you

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-22 Thread Jeff Aitken
Chris Corrigan wrote: And this puts me in the mood for another OS poetry contest, he offers to the Poet Laureateperhaps satire this time around? There was a young man who had learned a good trick. He stood up and asked them all "what makes you tick?" They wrote it all down and he went for a

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-22 Thread Funda Oral
I don't know anybody you're talking about, i don't know even you..but if Tree is saying this, this must be true::)) - Original Message - From: Tree Fitzpatrick To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:27 AM Subject: Re: open space

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-21 Thread Chris Corrigan
Yes...we have another Nancy White in Canada that wriotes these kinds of songs, although not in the change room of saunas on islands in Puget Sound. Not that I know of anyway. The song wasn't recorded except on a private video recording of the event. It lives, like Harrison's birthday song from OSo

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-21 Thread Tree Fitzpatrick
The euphoric bullshit Nancy White is a Seattle-based goddess/consultant who incorporates a lot of online community/technical consulting into her work. I can understand why Canadians would like to take credit for her: she is a dazzling, wild goddess. But she is American. On 1/21/06, Esther Ewing

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-21 Thread Christy Lee-Engel
Nancy lives here in Seattle and you can find her at http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm. She blogged about Euphoric Bullshit and about purple pajamas, too (go see!) I want to hear the song! Chris, did it get recorded? Christy On 1/21/06, Esther Ewing wrote: > > Is the Nancy White we

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-21 Thread Catherine Carmody
Hi Tree: Was the 'dazzling' event the big one - the invitation only one? Wasn't that soon? I really liked the poem..is Nancy White from Canada - if she is, then she's the Nancy White living in Toronto, but originally from Charlottetown, PEI - who I went to high school with. When i

Re: open space poetry

2006-01-21 Thread Esther Ewing
Is the Nancy White we are talking about once called the Civil Service Song Writer? Hi Tree: Was the 'dazzling' event the big one - the invitation only one? Wasn't that soon? I really liked the poem..is Nancy White from Canada - if she is, then she's the Nancy White living in