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 M
GREAT AMERICAN HAIKU
there is this woman
Dickens,Mark
Twain her mentors
writing
Chapters Now!
DREAMLAND.Contents+one
You
need to finish dreaming
before
writing more
Novel
Characters
Everywhere
you go,follow!
(they
have their own will)
Who
reads novels now?
Trash
and junk airport sales
slip
between covers
This
writing of yours?
Did
you steal from your friends' lives?
or
is it your own?
Bukowsky
is dead
Only
his words survive him
Same
will be for us!
Dumpster
diving in
Exploiting
weaknesses seen
Watching,witnessing
Most
will not write this
Fewer will want
to read it
Yet
we still exist
Our
lives between lines
What
we do is important
Only
to ourselves
Most
books still unread
Many
more will be written
Unsold
and unread
Still,these
witnesses
of
these times we live within
Your
eyes still reading...
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