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)
PRACTISING PERFECTIONS
Where you are is an Academy-whether it be Refugee Camp
on
the Borders between gunfire-a cinema screening Dark Knight Rises
An
Elementary School-a Virginia Tech/so when you hear the bark of dog
gunfire
Atomic
Test!You hide under your desk-yet killers suicide en masse
They
want despair to be shared like barking bullets/store resentments
Dress
in fatigues or black in mock ninja samurai masks
No
Guns Here Please!This Is A Blue Planet!
Take
your Unresolved Contradictions with you as you leave
Let us Be!Choice is
such an individual thing.We do not wish to grieve.
IN
PRAISE OF DRAGONS,DODOS,DINOSAURS
Usefulness
defies us-we are extinct creatures from some Galapagos
Time
Cometed us away.Images remain.Memory Train.Unload HEAR?
Strange
sounds of huge scale.Shark,crocodile ,snake fear(once they were
HUGE!
Spielberg
re-releases Titanic every 10 years in 4D and HD
To
get things done,one has to be bright as the blade of a knife
Sharpest
tool in the kit/cutting ribbons and resentments
Slicing
all in proportion-to fit where it falls
To
be that last tree standing.House defying freeway.Be,Dragon!
They
need your bright meteor flash/your asteroid challenges!
Time
is all we lack-time,energy,wit enough to avoid ends like this
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