Wednesday 1 January 2014

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)

BABELSPEAK 2014
LIKE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 2 UNITED NATIONS
From fire to Greek Fire to Free Fire Zones
From The Great War to World War 2 to endless terrorism
From Border Politics to Refugee Camps
From stick to stone to nuclear tipped missiles
From Hiroshima/Nagasaki to Chenobyl/Fukushima
From Rosetta Stone to War of the Roses
From Dynasties to Royal Families
From Stoning to Stoning
From Trial By Water to Waterboarding
From Trial By Fire to Napalm /Sarin
From Multilingual/Multicultural to Melange
From zero to 100 in 60 seconds
From nothing comes something
All things change coats and names
Here comes a New Year!

What's YOUR name?

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