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)
SAINTS,HEROES,MARTYRS
Love poem for Private Bradley Manning
He
who like Nelson Mandela was given solitary confinement
as
a "cruel and unusual"punishment
Love
poem to Julian Assange-who revealed
the
deliberate murder of journalists,women and children
under
house arrest for one year
Love
poem for Edward Snowden,imprisoned in a Russian transit lounge
seeking
safe passage to an unknown sanctuary
We,The
People,with necessary whistleblowers
will
hold our secrets services to account for high crimes
Stealing
our trust ,assassinating peaceful folk
The
time has come for enforcing a Geneva Convention
A
Bill of Rights-a Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal reconvened
Who
shall we hang first?In the words of Benjamin Franklin -
"we
must hang together or we will all hang separately"
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