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)
How many haircuts since I saw you last?
Thin baby bald to elder close to grave,
now
you return with a very close shave
astonished
to see you-what can i say?
how
many haircuts till we fade away?
We
got ghosts between us-stories that stay
Names
other folk will not recognize today
Impossible
Festivals-eternal tours on stage
until, like Grateful Dead we Fade To Gray
Here's
Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Neil Young and Gong
All
still evolving on and on/Music is more than a vocation
It
evokes a life force/bacteria grass roots salvation
Hair
is not the issue-it is harmonic communication
Blues
singers meet at midnight for another jazz session
Artists, performers - we
roll out, in and on
How
many haircuts? It is hard to say..
May
there be many more before we turn grave
Robert
Graves, that is, remember his White Goddesses?
Hair
is not the issue - LIFE IS!
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