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 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?

AGE OF IRON&STEEL

Age of Chicago,New York,Philadelphia

Age of Inventor,engineer,industrialist

Age of steam train,telegraph,steamship

Age of an architecture bold and bright,strong and brilliant

Admired in retrospect via "steampunk"hipsters

Certain in its experimentation,solid in its Foundations

for a New Machine Age that would transform farms to cities

Make mass and massive buildings to house the future

We live in these shells and shelters still

High rise constructions,empty steel mills

converted now to coffee shops,churches and cultural centers

What once were steel mills and factories

remind us of ambitions like Great Railways-

to stretch construction.To unite via Grand Plans

We look backwards through empty building lens.