Monday, 13 May 2013

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem


Rob Ayling 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, 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 with in 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? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack M



GREAT AMERICAN HAIKU

there is this woman
Dickens,Mark Twain her mentors
writing Chapters Now!

DREAMLAND.Contents+one
You need to finish dreaming
before writing more

Novel Characters
Everywhere you go,follow!
(they have their own will)

Who reads novels now?
Trash and junk airport sales
slip between covers

This writing of yours?
Did you steal from your friends' lives?
or is it your own?

Bukowsky is dead
Only his words survive him
Same will be for us!

Dumpster diving in
Exploiting weaknesses seen
Watching,witnessing

Most will not write this
Fewer will want to read it
Yet we still exist

Our lives between lines
What we do is important
Only to ourselves

Most books still unread
Many more will be written
Unsold and unread

Still,these witnesses
of these times we live within
Your eyes still reading...

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