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?"
FLORILEGIUM TO AMAZON.COM..CREDO UT INTELLIGAM.
.(Every wordspell is enchantment-but belief is not enough.
Trust in topographical truth as a Bridge between Worlds.
As Tolkein created worlds based upon his childhood play fields
Sarehole Mill near Birmingham becomes the Shire,
Hobbit Houses inspired by Cave Houses from Kinveredge to East Riding.
This cartographic connection inspired by William Morris-'The Sundering Flood"
As Thomas Hardy made Dorset into his Wessex settings,such historicity
provides an illusion of authenticity.Like George R R Martin's "A Song Of Fire and Ice"
inspiring both GAME OF THRONES and its recent Prequel..Our world as myth and Legend..
I personally love William Horwood's DUNCTION WOOD Trilogy,where moles near Oxford
live under standing stones and preserve the bucolic against stoats and rats ...EVANGELIUM PERSONIFIED..
These are the USES OF ENCHANTMENT....AKALLABETH within Wilderland and Rivendell..
Just like Jonathon Swift in Gulliver's Travels.Just like Robert Louis Stevenson in TREASURE ISLAND.
Mythical maps of Imagined Spaces-to take us on a REAL adventure,with hobbits and moles and pirates and treasure.
Characters with magical humanity we can identify with..Heroes and Pilgrims..Just like us..On a Journey..Perilous..
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