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)
GRAMMAR, GROWING
French Academy will not allow KLEENEX, nor McDONALDS (Brand names to
describe
a
way of life that is not essentially Francophile. To them, a noun is compromised/privatized.
Verbs
have a way of activating us, and participles make action continuous.
Adjectives
like to sleep with nouns of color,suggesting varieties of
experience
Pronouns
are so Narcissistic (they only speak so self-referentially-and we
need
more than "I"to define community.Punctuation useful for breath
pauses
yet
underneath each line of soldier ant words-you!Your eyes,your speech,your
reception
of
these impossible propositions/prepositions always going "to"or
"for",
adverbs
slyly insinuating states of being,and all presented in modes of
meaning
you
recognize from speech and reading.It changes like slang and jargon.
Shakespeare
to rap, hiphop to ebonics. Rate of change like drugs-something
chronic.
So
when you detect rhythm and rhyme in your life sentence-
see
history in etymology unfold before your very eyes."Be
bold,brave,resolute!"
Watch
!as rules bend and break in the weight of Cheney Bush comedic
moments
and
praise a President who values poetry as well as polemic.
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