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!
Very happy with these news!
Here a piece of him I´ve loved:
Space Open Circlefrom Open Space Technology - A Users Guide by Harrison OwenNote: 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 geometryof human communication.A circle has no head or feet,no high or lowno sides to take;in a circle people can simply bewith each other,face to face.The geometry of the circleand the rhythm of breath.Show UpBe PresentTell The TruthLet It All Go.Do nothing and remaininvisible.Be preparedto besurprised.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 circleI got presentI was connected.Presence,absence.The empty space of the opening circle.Profoundly empty,containing no thingThrough meeverything and no-thing, in methe circle, in methe space, in methe people, in mebutterflies and bumblebees. In mebody, in memind, in meimage, in methought, in mefeeling, in mesensation, in menothing.It started at the right timeThe right people were the ones who cameThe only thing that could have happenedWas what happenedIt was over when it was over.The bees were buzzingThe 'flies were flittingThe space was open.The circle was squared.-- Jonathan Coe (London, England)
Congrats, Jonathan!
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