THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poet

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)

WE ARE IN A BOAT

some say that it is sinking-so they make a movie(it is a disaster!

some say the boat is made of clouds.Others say it is a dream

More move through time and space with apparent levity

They call their ship"EARTH",and dig it deeply!

They mine the contradictions and metaphors

Now i am not tired of rowing stories-

Two of every creature,Ancient Mariners

Columbus could not Discover credit cards

Indigenous are here long before(and after

Yet sometimes,if you bend your eyes towards starlit airplaned spy satellite skies

You see a dash of comet,planets , meteors

We are not one thing,even if in this cell together

Tomorrow the waterboarding starts -enhanced interrogations

always get a better class of story .Check your metaphors at the door

Stories always need an update.We are more!

EARTH BENEATH YOUR FEET

you wonder why we rise-in hills and mountain tops

why we decline/recline-ravines,quarries,canyons/lots

of us split in earthquakes and take your towns as hostage

San Andreas fault line(San Francisco housing heights
New York storms and floods and now no power

Nuclear reactors and dump sites near water sources
Wonder why these cancers are so often and so various?
Who put fluoride in your water supply?
Who split atoms and threatened neighbors?
I am the earth beneath your feet-you will slip in to me
when you stop.Even if you move,there is nowhere else for you
Moon has no space base.Shuttle needs repair
You cannot live out there.Come down to earth
It is all just a matter of time.