Tuesday 24 March 2020

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?"



REAL vs VIRTUAL
THE PROBLEM WITH ONLINE
when actual is not allowed
is that third parties become more powerful
than our original intentions.
Of course-social distancing
but now no Amazon-apart from medical supplies
and no more public poetry-just online forums
As poetics gets cancelled-our public conversation becomes slanted
All talk of metaphor or history becomes "Plague-Oriented"
Public conversations become FACEBOOK entries
edited and censored by A.I algorithms.
Even the cinemas are closed down
so visual metaphors are solely online
I would not mind-except our life
is threaded with all other lives
not to be edited,censored,subjected to A.I
WE ARE ALIVE!and our poems,like birds,must fly

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