Thursday 5 August 2021

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?"

LOVING LIVING CHARACTERS
FICTIONAL ,FUTURISTIC &FUN
Like fan literature concocted by multiple authors
Fernando Pesso(Portuguese) is famed by few
but intrigued by many due to his shapeshifting narrators.
Pessoa means "person 'in Portuguese.His only book MENSAGEM(Message)
was a collection honoring Portuguese colonial sea power..His "Heteronyms"
include Alvaro de Campos,Alberto Caeiro and Ricardo Reis.Their backstories
are  epic in concocted biographies and interweaved life stories. No one 
has mastered identity fictionalizing like Pessoa.I learned from him to change my name,
and to create fictional backstories for fictional characters.All have a ring of credibility.
All tie into the mercurial art of self-storytelling.Rather than bombarding you with personal pronouns,
i welcome you to POOR TOM(subplot of KING LEAR),TOM BOMBADEIL
(Lord of the Rings-too happy for the franchise movies),RADIO THOM for community radio shows,
HAPPY THOM when happiness is more important than writing skills,THOM MOON BIRD for Kick Butt Sunday nights
and SPIRIT THOM for forthcoming incarnations..THANK YOU,Fernando Pessoa-and all your "Heteronyms"
LONG MAY YOU PERPLEX &BEMUSE!


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