Francis Duggan Birth Poems

The magpies are piping in the dawning gray
As if they wish to welcome the birth of the May
The morning is cool under ten degrees
And brown leaves gently fall to the grass from the deciduous trees
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From birth to death the biological clock it does tick and tick away
And for all that breathe the breath of life a final night and day
And that there is more to life than wealth and fame few do become aware
Those in touch with the higher self to say the least are rare
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Does not matter your nationality your color or creed
We are all of the one race since with each other we breed
Though they do not have many friends those in poverty
Since money speaks every language would you not agree
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Words of wisdom that are worthy of recall
A fair go for some is not a fair go for all
A fair go in life many never receive
That everyone are born as equal does seem hard to believe
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From the birth pains of a woman our life's journey began
And three score and ten years the average human life span
Till to the scythe of the Reaper we eventually do fall
There is a last day and last night for us all
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By my Land of Birth do not judge me my gift of life only by chance
I might have been born in Italy or I might have been born in France
I might have been born in Africa or Asia or north by Siberia's cold shore
If you judge me judge me as an individual I do ask of you nothing more.
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Ella Harmony is a bonny baby girl a daughter for Lisa and Shane
In her coming into their lives has made them so happy a blessing of joy they did gain
One for them can only feel happy in their blond little girl of the Spring
When the sun on old Croydon is shining and the nesting birds whistle and sing
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Due to circumstance of birth I was born and raised in Ireland and I am of Irish Race
But I'm never nationalistic or patriotic though I have a sense of place
I've never worn the tricolour of Ireland and waved an Irish flag
And I never seem to warm to people of Nationhood who brag
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In the city square of the capital City the thousands celebrate
What is a marvellous day for all of them the birth of their new State
For such a special day as this for years they've had to wait
The band is playing the flags are flying and they will party on till late.
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She asked me what part of Ireland do you come from anyway?
And I said west of Millstreet Town a place called Claraghatlea,
She said this place called Millstreet still rings a bell to me
My father came from Kerry a mile north of Tralee
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