Francis Duggan Poems

On the fence post in the paddock the black pale eyed crow
Is cawing in the gloam where the Wannon waters flow
On through the Southern Grampians to the Pacific shore
A journey destined to last forever more,
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He did spend a few years in old Millstreet Town
But no memorial there to honour his renown
Though in Gaelic Ireland seen as a literary figure of note
And rated by Gaelic literary experts as a major poet.
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Since you look at most others in a negative way
Why should it matter to me what to others of me you say
Unless you defame me by spreading of lies
As you do make up stories and you're not known to be wise
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In the cool gray of the dawning I hear the blackbird sing
One of Nature's finest minstrels of the far southern Spring
From the males of his own kind he has borders to defend
When the urge to breed is on him he trusts none as a friend
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On such rare and marvellous talent how can one put a price
She surely is amazing the one and only Joyce
She has tried every form of poetry one must say with success
And to lovers of poetry Worldwide she brings great happiness.
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When last I was in Dunkeld on an evening in the early Spring
The long billed corellas squawked on the gums and the grey shrike thrush did sing
And a freshening breeze from Mt Sturgeon blew through the Rural Town
And young boys in the play park chased a football up and down,
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His praises the voters so often did sing
But to power Johnny Howard desperately does cling
His deputy Peter Costello for the Prime Ministership must wait
That is if Australia's voting public with Howard does keep faith
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To admit you are wrong should not be a sign of weakness
It is indeed a fortress of the strong
To swallow your pride of you does seem so noble
And to a rare breed you surely belong.
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'Tis said that migrant nostalgia lasts for a few years
That time is the great soother of nostalgic tears
But Nana the aged Grecian who now rests in peace
Till the day that she died felt nostalgic for Greece
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His loss to humanity cannot be denied
It was a sad day the day that Bobby died
Gunned down by one who was not right in the head
The hopes of a better World to live in with him lay dead
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