THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, 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 within 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?"

YOU SEE (IT CHANGES)

LAND &ITS(temporary)OWNERSHIP

Languages spoken/sung within her arms

Artificial Borders,barriers,dingo fences

(Who to let in and who to imprison?

All these songs will be forgotten.

Land is a language unto itself.

Baked,flooded,stormclouded,polluted

Time for history has come-to excavate

songlines in creekbeds/storylines in beachwaves

Desert dry dust fables-Lassiters Last Ride,DIG

mean nothing to an Asian/who mirrors Sydney suburbs

rocks to a loud car disco exhaust Saturday night

and the work of silence in several languages.

Large and oldest continent-and we do not yet hear

the Dreaming that glows back 40,000 years.

Until we do,these suppurating cities

will spill sewage with no understanding

how fragile each airwaveshell is-

how temporary our tiny times..