Monday, 22 July 2013

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)

MEASURED BY MOONLIGHT

our little lives are twinkles on the waves of change
grains of sand on a space rock beach/tiny feathers of a giant bird
who lifts our spirits when we least resist/and waves us away in dreams
Midnight to dawn to be reclaimed/from insomniac coffee addict hacker slackers
Equality Of Moonlight for every body!No walls,borders,age,limits our perambulations around the possible
Wearing beads,blankets ,wampum-we give land back to indigenous
Listen with respect to civilian culture ancestors/family/friends
Convene in circles for spiral bound stories/page by page adventures
Night time is for writing,dreaming,exploring the imperfectly impossible
For dreams are messengers in another land/when they cross our borders they are golden
White pale face moon reflects upon this.Full as a boot and always flying
We are all little moons in the waters of night-our tiny lives measured by moonlight...

No comments:

Post a Comment

...BECAUSE SOME OF US THINK THAT THIS STUFF IS IMPORTANT
What happens when you mix what is - arguably - the world's most interesting record company, with an anarchist manic-depressive rock music historian polymath, and a method of dissemination which means that a daily rock-music magazine can be almost instantaneous?

Most of this blog is related in some way to the music, books and films produced by Gonzo Multimedia, but the editor has a grasshopper mind and so also writes about all sorts of cultural issues which interest him, and which he hopes will interest you as well.