Tuesday 19 February 2013

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 appearances 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)

HAIKU HEADLINES
Gay black woman Pope
Benedict turns in his grave
(he does not have one!)

Russian Meteor!
Good News!Just like IBM
Fixing up WINDOWS!

North Korea bomb!
Goes off like its leaders do
Short and short fused,too!

Katmandu Buddhists
burn to escape Chinese
Tibet?Gambling!

Bin Laden 's killer
has no health insurance now
(from the Taliban!)

STOP SEX TRAFFICKING!
Children do not understand
why adults exploit

ASTEROID ATTACK!
Near Earth Objects(N.E.O's)
spin in close orbits

What can we do then?
Nowhere to fly away to!
(we live on a rock!)

Time has come to love
If we cannot-then we die
PREPARE FOR THE END!

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