Rob Ayling writes:
"Thom the World poet, is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearences with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
HAPPY RE_BIRTHDAY(OCCUPY!
When I heard that people were gathering
to
discuss the world we lived in
I went down to the City Hall steps
gave
away poetry, smiled and sang
It
is healthy to be part of community
and
to gather is a reason for joy.
How
many times have we walked down streets
just
for the right to walk down streets?
How
many venues for open mike poetry
just for free
speech and freedom of assembly?
So
even if OCCUPY becomes a TEA PARTY
and
the Internet (monitored) a military surveillance tool
and
every conspiracy theory is true/underneath all this
is
you and I and we are tribe, village, circle, world
Every
cliche may be true (we need cliches that are new!)
Whatever
there is - is good. Wherever we are - is where we start
Happy
First Birthday, OCCUPY! Meet you @ an open mike!
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