Tuesday, 11 December 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!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)


Next year we shall be living in a country/ that brought its soldiers home for lack of money.

WITHDRAWAL IS AN OPTION
a failure and defeat
Invasion a mistake to believe
that values can be changed by force of occupation
(Culture is a stronger power than any administration)
Terrorists? or freedom fighters? Each nation's fate
depends on propaganda. Votes are only as good
as the quality of candidates/democracy cannot be forced
Incremental and with wisdom bring responsibility back
to direct representation from every citizen
No more need for PACs nor media manipulation
Truth is a powerful solution. Wash in it!
suddenly everything appears much brighter
and no brain was harmed in the presentation of real time data!

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