Friday, 14 March 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)

GRUMPY CAT JUSTIFIED
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL(BEING FELINE?
if you were hauled from comfortable obscurity
to have your image uploaded to REDDIT
and hauled off to the biggest noisiest pop Fest in Texas?
If you were used in meme,text,Tweet and Instagram
by hopeless human imitators-as a prime attraction
your only virtue being philosophical bemusement..
Internet Celebrity of 2013-encored in 2014
Does this mean the world of apps and wearable technology
fails to impress one two-year old mixed breed cat?
Where would YOU be without FACEBOOK?
Presumably not manhandled for non-royalty paying media celebrities
Perhaps asleep having thoughts of solving (or eating)pi on pi day

We will never know-and Grumpy Cat ain't saying anything!

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