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)
WHITE IS NOT A COLOUR
Sleeping land.Indigenous languages.Dreamtime
stories.Ancestors
Some
ships.A few strangers.Camped and shot.Claimed to own
Came
to dominate and possess.Claimed "naming"rights.
Superimposed
lines and fought to kill/native species
Brought
in their own as cattle ,farms and slaves
Whip,gun,horse,dray,fences,laws,jails,schools.
Demanded
we stay under a foreign flag
This was ours in
custody before all flags
We
knew the stories/songlines/waterholes
flora/fauna/histories.We
were of this land
for
centuries /aeons.Foreign hands still claim this Nation
They
speak paper,contracts,treaties,walls,guns,fear
We
shrink from these poor stories/withdraw from here
Only
when the land can sing with/to/for and because of us
will
there be peace.These are languages.Read them in the trees.
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