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 McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
EAR OVER EYE
Visual age.Screen watchers over dream catchers.Listening fails(apart
from NSA!
We
have no time.REPLAY!CCCTV videos violence as a street snuff movie
markets
as evidence of social decay.NAY!Just change-from Hamelin village mice to dirty
city rats
Who
hears subliminal landscapes?Who remembers their futures?I grew ear next to huge
radio speakers
Family
would gather round to watch those dulcet sounds pour honey on our evening
ears
Piquancy
of language,wit,puns,jokes,comedy,serials enlightened and extended our auric
perceptions
We
could trust what we heard(until WAR OF THE WORLDS!).
Now politicians switch off
as soon as they speak
We
are disillusioned by pedophile priests sermonizing sanctifications.Truth a
lonely whistleblower in solitary.
I
want to believe what you say.I look @the gap between words and the fact of your
actions
Turn
back to radio days.Plug in to pirate and community radio.Make village
worlds
where
we can actually ear each other.Not THE LIVES OF OTHERS-
more
a discovery of the resonance and riches in cadences,accents,dramatic delivery
of
significant speech,amplified by a need to believe...
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