THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poet

Rob Ayling 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 appearences with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, 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 with in 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? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)

STORY TELLING

Before you read this,a voice carried news  between houses

Ears loved these human radios  on one channel

Eyes delighted at the sight of a human beaming Tales of Our Age

It was a Listening Age.we had Time To Burn.

Irish ,Welsh ,Celtic legends of Celtic storytellers

who would memorize and improvise long ballads

to amuse and educate those of oracy and immediacy

like indigenous tale tellers of every tribe on every continent and age

But radio voices morphed into visual TV "pesenters"

and now Incredible String Band only means Robin Williamson

Woody Guthrie mutates to Spalding Gray

Now on stage,folk music,maybe a PBS documentary=

THE HISTORY OF STORYTELLING!

We have no time.Digital people in a virtual myth world

All our stories reduced to texts /Tweets/blogs/webbed.

KINDLE a FIRE for our eyes-voice forgotten unless we remind ourselves

ancient is modern when the storyteller resurrects

in advertising agencies,promotions,poetry,greeting cards

Myths become politicians food/fodder for media now massed like armies

We become smaller under avalanche information overload

Who has the time for a poem?Storyteller knows-

she stands @HEADHUNTERS and recites from her iphone

He reads with panache at Twin Oaks Library to a circle of writers

LONG LIVE STORIES!and the tellers of tales

May they entrance us evermore on and off page and stage!