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 Tom'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?"

DESERT SONGS

WHAT YOU HEAR AWAY FROM HERE

is as old as stone.Flint,to be precise

and it is tuned and attuned

as earth is a song/we learn

to sing along/with and besides/so we

may understand fully/why we hum /harmonically

as if hearing sounds /beyond our audible spectrum

Deserts know.They hold the wisdom of past oceans.

They whistle winds through them.Sand and glass notes

are heard by desert dwellers.Stones sing!

That is why we value crystals/diamonds/quartz/silicon

Our clear glass world needs to hear again-

the singing distance of deserts

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Hear the sounds of prehistoric times. Architect Ammar Khammash made an instrument entirely from foraged flint stones from the deserts of Jordan.