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 Thom'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?

WORDS AS MUSIC

Sound poetry.Waves pounding@the door of  rocky beaches

Silences of moon kissing surfaces.Slap laps of tidal surges.

All this is water music/yet words are cups and buckets.

They leak in drips and drops/splash liquidities in syllables.

When you reject fresh language and resort to cliches

Then music becomes muzak,and every sound is retro riffed.

Speech is silver.Music may be Golden.Some is Fool's Gold.

A Gold Record means less than a word to the wise.

Use Your Language.It will find you @home

When even the Dark Night sings outside in wild winds

You can still lullabye.