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)
IRISH TIME
fog nostalgia/green beer/Guinness/drunken
cheer/music/stories/fables/yarns/Cherokee!
Bridget/Celtic
Twilight/Once Upon A/St Patrick/mock Irish Pubs selling nostalgia
Ruins/English
over Gaelic/Black Irish/Book Of Kells/Blarney
Castle/Killarney/Limerick
Galway
Bay/Hedgerow schools/IRA/Provos?kneecapping/bombs/North/South
divide
Solitary
songs/praeties/Famine/emigration/Fenians/Liverpool/Kennedys/
Clan/politics/patriachy/curse
of catholicism/convents/orphans/priests in black
nuns
in service/crucified confessions /Rosary whips/self-flagellation/"suffer,little
children"
looking
backwards/Sheridan/Yeats/Wilde/Joyce/Behan/poetry as tears in the song of our
souls..
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