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?

"COMBINATORY PLAY"(Albert Einstein)

You add creativity ,discovery to new permutations and combinations

Voila!The old is new again and what you see is fresh as temporary rainbows

Stagecoach becomes car becomes space capsule a la Marshall McLuhan

A geodesic dome geometric shape becomes  a Buckminster Fuller house

A dream becomes a plan becomes an art /artifact.Sometimes,spontaneous as clouds

Sometimes,with years of Pyramid planning.The act of aiding and abetting the New

is Necessary Bravery.This the best use of YOUTUBE ,Facebook and Internet-

to spill new possibilities upon current intransigent problems,and by innovation

solving them.Pablo Neruda said-"The engineer wants to be a poet"-but sometimes,

poets need engineers -to birth the dream into "reality"(which is itself a shared dream

and could always be dreamed better ...