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Old and Unwise -A Haphazard Collection of Poetry and Thought doesn’t have a central message. I suppose grouping poems and giving the book a central theme would have made the book an easier sell. Not many people search for haphazard collections.

I knew that this would always be a possibility. Marketing a self-published book is a challenge in itself. However, I decided that if I was going to publish a book, I would do it my way. Throughout my life I have taken decisions that were questionable. That ran on gut feeling and instinct rather than just logical thought. And so far I am doing fine.

So the chaotic collection was born. A mix of political poems voicing environmental and social justice concerns, poems highlighting mental health, whimsical poems, dark poems and a bit of everything in between.

I truly believe the book is a reflection of who I am. Take it or leave it. It has taken me close to sixty years to really understand who I am. And to feel comfortable with all the wrinkles and anomalies that make me who i am.

This run of thirty posts leading up to my sixtieth birthday have been a way of allowing me to make a public self-assessment.

I acknowledge that there is a lot of crazy intertwined with what I once considered to be a logical mind. This is also reflected in my poetry. Poems which my wife affectionately calls my mind f*ck poems. I have learnt to celebrate this side of me too.

Yesterday I finished a poem with the title un-adult-e-rated. It shows a hint of the other me.

Most of my poems are written in one session and sometimes edited later. This one was written in two sessions. I hope you like it.

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