Thursday, 1 May 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)

EVERYTHING COMES FROM SOMETHING
so she reminds me
how football club owners and Crystal Night
Year One and exterminated Gypsies,academics ,journalists
have deep roots in the forest
how cycles,seasons,madnesses,pogroms,jihads
are not momentary flashes of unique projections
are stresses and strains in our reptilian brains
that we cannot ascribe just to aliens
Existential twaddle about LIVING THE NOW
ignores correlations between chemtrails
and cumulus-nimbus clouds
gun rights and Nazis /invasions of civilians
by masked anonymous paid thugs
has happened before and will happen again
Alcohol and weed cloud these issues-
the killing of Beauty is in Season
Every One of us a threatened species
Every idea (malign or benign)has roots

Even Power Has Truth.

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