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?"
ENTERING THROUGH
THE ART GALLERY
Pablo Picasso's house in Paris
Fragments of the puzzle of his life
Guernica like Altamont on steroids
or the Civil War on Holocaust
or the defeat of volunteerism via conscription
Counting the bodies of civilians
Warsaw Ghetto/no way out
Industrial efficiency vs random volunteers
i still put petals in the barrels of fire
still walk /not march.Perambulate/meander.
Still choose not to hear the obvious warnings
2 World Wars .We forget they were against Fascism
We forget the best and brightest suffering.
Refugees in the Modern World.Tent Cities.
Starving.Hungry.Forgotten peoples.Shades.Indigenous.
Sudan.Somalia.Palestine.Brazilia.Amazonia.
Peace in our arts,combined,co-operative.
Marshall Plan vs Manhattan Project.
Peace doves vs War hawks.
Always wings in the skies above us
Always prayers and petitions for peace
Always a song arises-to turn battlefields into poppy flowers
Somehow-each song survives..Art arises..
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