The Ageing Bush Poet Matt Poem by Francis Duggan

He is known by people for miles around the ageing bush poet Matt
And I have yet to see him without his akubra hat
The same old hat he has worn for years part of his self esteem
He could not live without it at least that's how 'twould seem
On saturday at the local pub to fellow patrons he recite
Some of the stirring rhyming poems that he recently did write
And at the end of his performance for him a loud encore
And he always obliges by reciting one more
Through decades of writing and reciting poetry his fame as a poet has grown
And for miles around in bush towns the ageing poet is known
Yet fame has not gone to his head he is free of conceit
He is as nice a person as one could wish to meet
And with him everywhere he goes is Annie his dear wife
The one who gave birth to and raised his children and the great love of his life.