Friday, 14 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)

CO-EXISTENCE OF OPPOSITES

on the same day a 16 year old Palestinian boy is killed
with hundreds mourning his unnecessary death in Hebron
in Austin,12 young poets from the Jewish Academy
performed poems of peace and harmony@Spider House
Snow falls in Yorkshire,even with global warming
A mosque is being built in the central square
of Ankara in the secular state of Turkey
Both Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims kill Bahai universalists
All the gun owners in Texas cannot stop random Mall shootings
Calendars change-seasons stay with us  like parking meters
War zones become peace homes over time.Time compresses.
Information overload on a censored monitored Internet
Mutant Chenobyl creatures mate with Fukushima radiates
Plastic oceans and mutant fish dispute Moby Dick
Word boats sink under heavy weighted contexts
Paradise in Hell.Las Vegas on the moon.Hollywood,China
Bollywood dancers in flash mobs on MTV clips
Past repeats,riffs recycle,reality become a TV show,retro fashion
Everything new is old again.Blake's SONG OF EXPERIENCE 
playing in the muzak background..

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