Sunday 13 October 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)

ROCK,STAR,LIGHT,STONE
Magdalena's grandson asks me-
"why a poet?".(he has 2 white earbuds,
tuning in to music of the spheres
and recently asked her for a Bible
@19,she says "he a sensitive"
so i give him Deb Aker's book-
"An Elegant Sufficiency"
knowing if he truly reads this
it will be self-explanatory.
Before he puts his ear buds back on,
i explain"i have no choice!-
"i cannot accept less than metaphor!"
He accepts this,and goes back to his earbuds

i wonder what he is hearing?

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