Sunday, 5 June 2016

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?"



O AUSTIN SOUL - you are SOLD!
SOUTH AUSTIN IS OUR HEART OF ART
Here is where coffee shops and galleries co-exist over years
Low rent hovels and ghettos subsidizing slackers
Genius living in a cupboard.Art being made in a garden.
If you walk here,it will be by a bottle house made of mud
into a tiny Texan town hand made homes for happy creators.No More!
SLACKERVILLE has now been sold to the highest bidder
Evictions will displace all these invisible creators
Storage sheds will hold materials of no aesthetic worth whatever
All that was made and exhibited will seek some other space
All these artists,too,will have to move.O South Austin!You
have sold your soul to storage.Of dross,dreck and mammon.
Creation is no myth-it is a practice born of possibilities
Cheap rent and casual lifestyles are rare as positivity.
Once gone,it will be as if it never was here.
GO!See South Austin!Before the North absorbs it
into another Strip Development Generica!

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The space sold, Clarke said, indicating owners announced it’s a done deal.
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