Francis Duggan Poems

The words of the wise remain ours to recall
Pride is a thing that comes before a fall
A thing to the ego 'til death that is tied
This feeling that people refer to as pride
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Every time out of kindness you perform a good deed
For your future good Karma you are planting a seed
In life as is said one must give to receive
On such a life philosophy i do believe
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On the treed islands a safe place for shy species of crakes and rails to hide
Where swamp-hens and moorhens and coots search for food on the lake-side
Where herons and egrets and spoonbills are quite often seen
In the lake surrounded by parkland that at most times look green
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Close to if not eighty of time quite a span
I often see him walking in the park the grumpy old man
I said hello to him a few times but me he choose to ignore
He is one i will not be greeting anymore
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The bigger World out there was calling and time was becoming my foe
When i said my goodbyes to Duhallow going back twenty nine years ago
The rivers and streams from the high ground bank high in the old fields did flow
On that chilly day in December the Boggeraghs wore their hats of snow
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Just because their autocratic government do not like what they have to say
There are decent men and women in prison today
Where free speech it is muzzled no respect for human life
Murder, imprisonment and oppression in such Countries are rife
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Whether you do it for pleasure or do it for pay
Whatever you enjoy doing you do have an off day
When you are out of sorts and you feel a bit down
Everyone has a down day even the happiest one in the town
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The dry sun-burnt paddocks the color of hay
It is forty degrees in the Moyne Shire today
The air full of the buzzing of bush flies and bees
And a warm wind is soughing in the bushes and trees
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His money of no use to him where he is today
The town's wealthiest man in the cemetery lay
Where the deceased are everybody is the same
Life cannot be bought back by money and fame
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It is said you receive from life what is only your due
Though on some cases this is not entirely true
But what goes around comes around as a truism remain
And for us there is some price to pay for our ill gotten gain
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