Francis Duggan Poems

For South Africa and South African people surely a very sad day
The great humanitarian and political leader from life has passed away
A political prisoner on Robin Island for many years
In South Africa their first democratically elected President they will farewell with honor and tears
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It is true enough anyone can pen rhyme
I have been doing it myself for quite a long time
And since addiction can come in many forms would you not agree
It has become a bit of an addiction with me
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Ten years from his prime physically fit and healthy yet he felt he would be better off dead
He stole a gun from a near neighbor and put a bullet in his head
A young bloke fifteen years on his last birthday he felt quite depressed in the mind
Yet he was a very nice person and in his ways generous and kind
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If you look for the worst in others then the worst you surely will find
You cannot see light where there is darkness this is how it is for the negatively inclined
We often do project our feelings sometimes this does happen to me
You cannot see the good in a person if the good you do not wish for to see
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From Chester County in Pennsylvania a renowned artist and poet
In American culture one worthy of note
For future generations such beauty he did create
Thomas Buchanan Read was an artistic and a literary great
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It is cold in Mushera Valley when the chill winds of December blow
And the swollen from rain Aubane River bank high in the old fields does flow
In the farm sheds cattle for fodder are bellowing as the dawn is breaking cold and gray
In Winter in Mushera Valley the sun seldom shines any day
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He does live far south of where the Blackwater flow
And much about life he can claim for to know
Billy from Mallow has physically known a far better day
The hair on his balding head now silver gray
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Most people have a hobby to enjoy their free time
And the hobby that is lawful is never a crime
Some people go walking or jogging play tennis or golf or football
And some do play bingo or bridge or cards in the local community hall
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So lucky are you to have the inner glow
Since it does make you such a nice person to know
You sow your seeds of good Karma every day
When to help others out you go out of your way
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Out there in the paddock in the faint moonlight
A red fox is calling in the calm of the night
A shrill and wild voice of a creature of the nocturnal countryside
That many rural people do loathe Worldwide
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