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)

GIGANTISM

Bigger is not better-

stretch limos,ROUNDUP in your food,

giant plagues,epidemics,strip TVs

Logos,brand names-

Giant prawn,pineapple,sheep,National Debt

Offshored unemployment

On TV-everything larger-

Jay Leno,Mick Jagger,Hitler,Napoleon

Up close-Willy Nelson is a midget

Billions on space program

Yet look at all the spaces

between us!

Sequestration frustration Nation-

cannot we forgive our debts

as we forgive the Third World's?

Deficit credibility

Large ideas need small success

to be applied universally!

Looking UP to better example is a tall tale

Looking eye to eye is equality

Can we look in to this?

Small is beautiful

Tiny seeds over Monsanto Corporations

Gulf Spill victims over BP