Congrats Jonathan Coe!

I had the pleasure to meet Jonathan Coe the day before Wosonos 2012 began in London. Charming, smiling, open man. Now I know he is the OSLIST Poet Laureate this year, invited by Lisa Heft.

Very happy with these news!

Here a piece of him I´ve loved:

Space Open Circle 

from Open Space Technology - A Users Guide by Harrison Owen

Note: This poem is in the 'found poetry' form. I have made selections from the original text and decided how to shape and punctuate it.

I have removed all the other words from the book - but none from the selected phrases.

The circle is the fundamental geometry

of human communication.

A circle has no head or feet,

no high or low

no sides to take;

in a circle people can simply be

with each other,

face to face.

The geometry of the circle 

and the rhythm of breath.

Show Up

Be Present

Tell The Truth

Let It All Go.

Do nothing and remain

invisible.

Be prepared

to be

surprised.

Who ever heard of a square of friends?

-- Jonathan Coe (London, England)

... and here the piece that became him this year´s laureate:

WOSONOS 2012 

In Stoke Newington Town Hall I fell in love with nothing,

and it was no thing that I loved.

Alone, knowing no-one and nothing I walked the circle

I got present

I was connected.

Presence,

absence.

The empty space of the opening circle.

Profoundly empty,

containing no thing

Through me 

everything and no-thing, in me

the circle, in me

the space, in me

the people, in me

butterflies and bumblebees.  In me

body, in me

mind, in me

image, in me

thought, in me

feeling, in me

sensation, in me

nothing. 

It started at the right time

The right people were the ones who came

The only thing that could have happened

Was what happened

It was over when it was over.

The bees were buzzing

The 'flies were flitting

The space was open.

The circle was squared.

-- Jonathan Coe (London, England)

Congrats, Jonathan!


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