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?