Saturday, 8 September 2012

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

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!!"

"MY LOVE POEMS ARE MY POLITICAL POEMS":(Andrea Gibson)

Agitprop appropriated like that borrowed Obama Tshirt poster image
so like a Communist Revolutionary Brave New World Comrade,Hold My Gun
We forget idea origins.Advertising rarely original.Guillotine to Marseillaise.
Year One to the beat of a drum.Yoko Ono in bed with John in Amsterdam.
Picasso's GUERNICA, My Lai massacre,napalm running child
to white phosphorus used in Gaza/cluster bombs in Lebanon.Neda dead Iran.
Banksy appropriates McDonalds, Mickey Mouse, Disney, My Lai
Ai WeiWei-birds nest to banishment."Democracy Wall" to OCCUPY WALL STREET.
Hitler's Goebbels,Mussolini's Fascist architectures Nuremberg 's Stolen Art Treasures.
"Kafka's Castle" crushes what it cannot commandeer. Twitter. Myspace (for musicians), iphone images.
Demolish Ai Wei-wei's studio in Shanghai?100 million handmade ceramic sunflower seeds sold @$1 each
Totalitarian states must answer Voina/Pussy Riot's activist flash mob protests
"A state without artistic dissent is the greatest threat of all" (WRITTEN ON THE WALLS)

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