Francis Duggan Poems

It is warm today over thirty degrees
And the cattle are sheltering in the shade of the trees
Out of the sun where it is a bit more cool
In the brown and bare Moyne Shire coastal countryside close to Warrnambool
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Though the legends of literature their legends do grow
Who is or is not a good writer i hardly would know
Since i am one who does not have a literary degree
Of writers and writing why do you ask me?
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True beauty by Nature can only be made
But time is the thing that does cause it to fade
Yes time that rusts iron gives rise to decay
All life forms of beauty with age fade away
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Though some may not say very nice things of you
That their opinions of you is their business happens to be true
And as long as they speak of you in a truthful way
Suppose of you they are entitled for to have their say
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I am of the place where the waterways meet
In the old rushy fields towards the west of Millstreet
The home to the badger the rook and the silver backed crow
And the dark brown water bird dipper of breast white as snow
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The more about Nature i have come to know
The more my wonder of her only does grow
Yet so little i know of her ways i have come to realize
But this in itself is not any surprise
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When Brendan Murphy was in his physical prime of time one must go back a span
Ballydaly's last blacksmith farrier he was quite a man
He shod his last working horse in his forge in his brother Eddy's backyard
For his livelihood he is one who did work quite hard
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Only winners the masses do wish to recall
In sports as in life the winner takes all
And though losing is a thing anyone does not choose
For one for to win someone else has to lose
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Not an ordinary fellow would you not agree
He drink beer with his breakfast, lunch and dinner he never drinks tea
And at work break in mid morning referred to by some as brunch
He drinks something stronger than a shandy or punch
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The river known as Allow in flood waters of brown
Bank bank high through Kanturk an old Duhallow town
In late January a cold, wet and windy time of year
Though the calendar Spring with each day is drawing near
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