Oh my, oh my! Congrats Agnetta!

Agneta Setterwall, new OSLIST Poet Laureate (2012)

An open space?

I hesitate

A call somewhere?

I hesitate

An open door?

I hesitate

And people too?!

I hesitate!

Supposed to speak?

I hesitate!!

Tell what I need...

I hesitate...

Tell what I want?

I hesitate!

And they all hear...

I doubt they do!

They will not care!

I´m sure, I´m sure...

And... there they come!

Oh my! They do!

And now we talk!

We do! We do!!!

...they listen too...

...and so do I...

...and what will come...?

Oh my! Oh my!!!

-- Agneta Setterwall (Uppsala, Sweden)

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History of the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest

“For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge to the list.  [The late great] Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing with a contest in the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry King” for all time.  I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort to have some fun.  It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out of gin at the time...”

'Restricted form' means some described form or boundary for the poem - as in this recent Poetry Contest where you were invited to create poems about or inspired by Open Space and breathing, trusting the unknown, and emergence.

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Our Past OSLIST Poet Laureates

Ralph Copleman 1999

Chris Corrigan 1999 

Chris Weaver 2000

Jeff Aitken 2000

Florian Fischer 2001

Laurel Doersam 2002

Audrey Coward 2002

Joelle Everett 2003

Florian Fischer 2003

Joelle Everett 2004

Lisa Heft 2006

Teresa Pokasony 2006

Karen Sella 2007

Jeff Aitken 2008

Anne Hiha 2008

Esther Ewing 2009

Chris Corrigan 2010

...and now... Agneta Setterwall 2012