Poetry Love & Harmony at @changenow_world 🌍🦋🌿

So we performed 2 poetic journeys with my dear musician Vincent Ollitrault at the Grand Palais to close the session “Stronger Together: Fostering Solidarity and Belonging” :

1- A poetic tale entitled “The enchanting story of the future of Earthlings”
2- A new world love song called “World at first sight”

“We dream of a world of harmony where everyone can reveal their part of poetry. « 

Thanks Santiago Lefebvre and Antonia Mehnert so much for the invite, again congratulations for an incredible edition 🙏 And thanks Dorothée Martin for hosting this session ! Let’s poetize the world together ✨✨✨

THE ENCHANTING STORY OF THE FUTURE OF EARTHLINGS

This is our call for a world Poetic Revolution…
A human elevation, a harmony evolution
With a new garden of Eden as a possible destination!

1 for the living
2 for the dreaming
3 for the giving
4 for believing
5 for the healing
6 for the loving
7 for the feeling
8 for enlightening
9 for our siblings
10 for a new beginning

Welcome to the enchanting story of the future of earthlings
That we as humans are cowriting
With the motto : “how can we all be win-winning”
As we’re all responsible for the same thing
And that is for the living ?

So let’s do something that has never been done before
And seek inside us what’s in the core to go to the other shore.

Now you may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one
We all are, searching for our star, your star, to become who we truly are,
From our deepest scars to our shining star.

What if climate warming was just a warning,
And now we’re facing “climate boiling”.
How about we replace this climate soiling of the world
By more climate loving of the soil?
Not that worst nightmare oiling of the fuel
or that private owning of us all,
But more wise men soaring to their souls.
The climate loving of the soil, may it blossom and unfold.

Because Millions, Billions, Trillions… until we reach Centillions
When will we learn that money cannot be eaten
And that what matters is our children?

Our regenerative journey must end this nature abuse
As what we need is to find new ways and not an excuse.
I mean, what is the price of life?
It’s time to do, not what’s easy, but what’s right.

All together, here united, we are the RE-Generation.
Elevation is our revolution to end the “story of separation”
Of humans and nature for a new declaration
Of interdependence and reconciliation.

As Einstein said “Everything is vibration”
From the call of the wild to the vibe of the ocean,
Let’s amplify the reforestation inside all of the nations
And embody a sufficient economy of moderation.

Dear activists of our future, we need Ambition.
What will be your contribution to design an enchanted horizon
For future generations?

And let’s all rise, us, not the temperature
But us as mature creatures and sincere leaders
On our best human behavior to cocreate a future
In harmony with nature that we can all nurture.

Please become poetic leaders
Imaginary, visionary, legendary, even revolutionary !

By all means and all dreams, please
Be you and be useful, Be great and be grateful,
That’s the new beautiful…
As we’ll only be successful if our planet and our Humanity remain wonderful.

O captain my captains, Welcome aboard the Universal Poetic Leader Ship
Bon voyage in this mankind can also be kind journey
For the sake of our common fate all around this extraordinary planet,
Because poetry, as beauty, will save the world and we’re all exceptional poets.

And finally, to talk about the current conflicts around the globe
In the end, it’s not about being the best, to win the war.
It’s about doing our best, to heal the world.
We more than ever need human kindness, less guns and more hugs.
Because whomever your God bless, it’s always the same love, all around the world.

So I don’t know if the best is history, but may the next be Harmony
Because we’re not history in the making, we’re the future and amazing !
Cheers to a worldwise win win to finally, ALL, be ONE, with the living.

Author : Vincent Avanzi
Chief Poetic Officer – Poet Speaker – Performer

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WORLD AT FIRST SIGHT (A WORLD LOVE SONG)

Chaplin said “poetry is a love letter addressed to the world”.

1
Is it true love and at first sight
Just showing up at the right time?
Auras shining brighter than life,
Ties are so deep, higher than skies.

Breathtaking smiles, soul searching stars,
Spreading our wings like the sunrise,
Feel so alive so never mind,
Entire vybe could make us fly.

If the song cries, we’ll be all right,
Faithful and wild, gentle and kind,
Taste is divine, shared paradise,
Soulmates can’t hide, now we know why.

2
Spirits align and intertwine
Dancing inside of a love ride,
No blows just highs, one of a kind,
Still hypnotized beneath your side.

Love is not blind, may we just rhyme.
In “poetry” lies the letters “TRY”.
Follow the signs for what to write,
A life co-signed and painted nice.

Looked in your eyes, saw you and I,
We are just one in the limelight,
Ticket to ride worth a lifetime,
Bonnie & Clyde, Vanilla Skies.

3
Came with a smile, leave with a smile,
No tears, no lies, pledge to be nice.
“Make love, not war”, pray to be wise,
No fear to crash this heaven flight.

So majestic and magnetic,
Now imagine we are magic.
So romantic and ecstatic,
May our story remain epic.

Chemistry high, energy fine,
The perfect match from left to right
Can’t escape that of who we are,
One work of art, 8 billion hearts.

Chorus : We’re in love love love with the world

Peace love and happiness
And may we all find love in this world

We Love You-buntu, Un point c’est tout
We’re all Haikus, Merci beaucoup !

Author : Vincent Avanzi
Chief Poetic Officer – Poet Speaker – Performer

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About the author : Vincent Avanzi is Chief Poetic Officer, poet speaker, executive speech writer, leadership coach, and founder of The Ink of the Future. A former manager at Microsoft, globetrotter, and journalist for Les Echos, he is the author of 10 books, including « Poetic Leaders » (Human Odyssey) and « Finding your Genius Spot » (Hachette). Pioneer in the bridge between poetry and corporations, he has been delivering poetic conferences and performances around the world for over 10 years on leadership, storytelling and sustainability. Based in France and with over 500 references in the Fortune 500 companies across the world, he is a regular Sustainable Brands speaker and was dubbed an « enlightened leader » by Décideurs Magazine. His conviction: poetry is a fantastic tool for unleashing talent, engaging teams, and enhancing the future. His mission: to re-enchant organizations to bring soulfulness and create desire, purpose and dreams, for a sustainable prosperity. He lately cofounded the « Poetry in Business Coalition » to gather corporate poets around the world and he dedicates his time to the prosperity and sustainability duet by designing new visions for the future, rediscovering the notion of beauty and elevating to a form of poetic and pragmatic leadership inside organizations.