Wednesday, 5 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)

MISSING MOMENTS
IN BETWEEN MOMENTS OF PERSONAL DISASTER
i DEFINITELY HEARD SOME SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER
even though the weather was all totally polar
Poles reversed, with elvish HO -HO-HOs
even when i thought it could not get much worse
i end up writing blank Hallmark verse!!
there is always something liberating
in each moment of personal co-creating
call her Muse or Fates or Life or Gaia
if breath is a spiral-let us spiral higher!
you see,my feral cat just woke me out of bed
it is Fat Tuesday-and instead of Mardi Gras
i wrote this awkward versicle with weather icicles
and cannot help but smile and laugh
even though i am writing in the dark
it seems i have lost my creative spark
but this makes my rhyming  poet friends hark
to  those missing moments of significance
where meaning is subject to form/

when even the wilde is restored to your norm.

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