Francis Duggan Poems

Their appearance and voice to their identity a give away
Parrots i know of but do not see every day
Gray mottled brown birds males with red around the head and face
The female the plain one which in birds is often the case
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A beautiful evening of around twenty degrees
With only the slightest of a sea breeze
Blowing above the paddocks bare, dry and brown
In the coastal countryside close to Koroit Town
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Many of Australia's first people live in dire poverty
They are not receiving a fair go is how it seems to be
On saying that indigenous Australian millionaires are in the few
Is not saying anything that is in any way new
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Her beautiful singing voice to many brought such joy
In the prime of Ruby Murray i was a schoolgoing boy
The beautiful songstress from Donegal Road Belfast was famous Worldwide
The marvellous Ruby Murray then she was old Ireland's pride
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It is governments who do cause people divide
And instil in their citizens nationalistic and patriotic pride
And who they want you to love and to hate and who they want on their side
It is governments on these things who always decide
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That life it can be a battle Dave Brody knows all too well
Of how it feels to be homeless and hungry he is one who knows all too well
For one homeless a few years ago in his late teens he has come a long way
He lives in a rental unit and has a job and earns his pay
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Some women when it comes to love can be quite silly
Joan she has fallen for loud mouthed Billy
He has a big ego bigger than many
For him she did leave the far humbler young Danny
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The Sun shining warm in the mostly blue sky
On the countryside looking so bare, brown and dry
So warm for March close to thirty degrees
And for Autumn few brown leaves as of yet on the deciduous trees
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When the U S voters went for political change they elected as their leader Donald J Trump
And any semblance of morality, honesty or truthfulness from politics they choose to dump
Trump won through the electoral college but it must be taken note
That his political rival Hillary Clinton won the popular vote
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Often in my dreams i hear and i see
A male robin singing on a silver birch tree
When Spring has arrived with her wildflowers and green
And the bluebells are in bloom on the ditch of every bohreen
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