Old Fellow Poems

Mudrooroo

• Publisher: ETT Imprint
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781925416091
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

The fifth and final volume of poetry by the author of Wild Cat Falling was originally published in India in 2013. There are 45 poems from the Master of the Ghost Dreaming, as he reels and sways through his long held interest in Buddhism and the Blues. While still writing about rejuvenation and the great cycles of Life, there is a strong awareness of finality, of passing on, of Death. Always lyrical, this is a wonderful offering from the award-winning poet.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• ONE - WISPS OF DELIGHTFUL DESIRE
• TWO - LIKE A HOLY MASS
• THREE - THE MIMI
• FOUR - LIKE TOO YOUNG
• FIVE - NIGHT
• SIX - SUICIDED
• SEVEN - LIFE IS LIKE A SAD LOVE SONG
• EIGHT - DOWN, DOWN IN THE WELL ALONG THE MAGIC ROAD
• NINE - CELEBRATION
• TEN - THE WESLEY MISSION
• ELEVEN - SCRUB
• TWELVE - DOING TIME STILL
• THIRTEEN - WATCHING THE CLOUDS DRIFT
• FOURTEEN - NOT MUCH, NOT MUCH AT ALL
• FIFTEEN - PAST TENSE
• SIXTEEN - WHEN
• SEVENTEEN - LIKE YOUNG
• EIGHTEEN - OLD FELLA POEM
• NINETEEN - DEBRIS
• TWENTY - PRESENT SIR
• TWENTY ONE - A BLANKNESS
• TWENTY TWO - OUTSIDER
• TWENTY THREE - I’M AN OLD BLOKE
• TWENTY FOUR - A SELLING POINT
• TWENTY FIVE - A LONG EMBRACE
• TWENTY SIX - BIRTHDAYS ARE FACED LIKE THIS
• TWENTY SEVEN - NO BODY CAN HOLD ME
• TWENTY EIGHT - TEETH (AND THE DENTIST)
• TWENTY NINE - THIS MIND
• THIRTY - HISTORY
• THIRTY ONE - PERIPHERY
• THIRTY TWO - HOW TO? –
• THIRTY THREE - ROLLING
• THIRTY FOUR - NOTHING SEEMS TO MATTER THEN
• THIRTY FIVE - SOME PEOPLE I DECLARE
• THIRTY SIX - THE ROCK
• THIRTY SEVEN - OLD AGE STRIKES THE NOMAD
• THIRTY EIGHT - SILLY
• THIRTY NINE - DO ANOTHER ONE
• FORTY - SLACK AND LAX
• FORTY ONE - DEATH ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN
• FORTY TWO - THE WILD CAT FELL
• FORTY THREE - KEEP ON KEEPING ON
• FORTY FOUR - WHY WHATEVER SADNESS
• FORTY FIVE DEATH