Friday, 1 January 2016

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?" 


ONE DAY EYE WILL WAKE UP
and everything will have changed
You may call it TIME,or FATE,FREE WILL ,or DESTINY
This process of trance formation in pages and lines
began before time,pre-fate,with little free will and no destiny.
Outside our Village of Facts,dark nights still call to us
We are not far from cave,fire,lance,wars
We never really "evolved".We do not want to!
Let us begin with elemental precision/folk remedies
Primitive and primal magic -and,look!Infant mortality&superstition!
Tapping and affirmations,chants,prayers and New Year's Resolutions
to which we add fire and water-fireworks and alcohol poisoning
wonder why we feell confused when an allegedly "New"Year begins.
This began long ago,in a Universe  under different Calendars-

Harvests,Solstices,Full Moons ruled Zen..as they still do now..

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