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)

MY HEART RISES

Every Compressions & Expansion

Every Step Down &Default

Every Mistake,Error &Omission

Every Day&Every Night

When eye find a Gap in Time

Falter,fall in broken rhyme

am corrected by my peers

fall back in to Trough Of Fear

Limits Take Me By My Hand

Break My Legs so i can';t stand

Curl my diabetic toes

Rip away my Thrift Shop Clothes

Getting Down to  Grit &Muck

Detritus when all is Excrement

All we carry is temporary

Release is hard-loss is easy

Every Body Carries pain

Lucky us! hear? It returns again..