Tuesday 1 December 2015

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 and 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?" 

ALL IDEAS ARE SECOND HAND
O MARK TWAIN-EVEN THAT QUOTE IS UNORIGINAL!
"there is nothing new under the sun"
T'ain't the vision-its the combination!
Soup of stone,new,borrowed ,blue
Stir with grammatically aberrant stylings
Serve up to all,each,every who see
How dreams are gifts ,given via moon,night,stars so easily
Adapted for daylight viewing when recorded/reported
so other eyes and ears can complain they have heard that refrain before.
if this reminds you of other times,climes,chimes
let the bell toll (road )for thee..Ask not (ever)for originality!
All that we are originally given-we give away-freely!


Happy 180th birthday, Mark Twain! Celebrate with his wonderful letter of solidarity to Helen Keller when she was wrongly accused of plagiarism:
“The kernel, the soul – let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances – is plagiarism.” Twain’s letter to…
brainpickings.org|By Maria Popova

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