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?"
CHARLIE PARKER &THE BLACK MOUNTAIN
with John Cage and Merce Cunningham
Stefan Wolfe,Josef Albers,Cy Twombly,Arthur Penn,
William de Kooning,Elaine de Kooning,Robert Rauschenberg
so you see it was more than the presentation of poetic pedagogy..
More than the core of Charles Olson,Robert Creeley,Robert Duncan..
Consider that music,dance,art,prose and performance
were compounding this poetic Academy into a jazz melange,
experimental /on and off page and stage-but new,and serious..
So much so that works by Cage,Cunningham,Penn and the de Koonings
have become part of progressive art /poetry/film.music and dance curricula
Black Mountain Press .Black Mountain Improvisations.Charlie Parker.Jazz.
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