Francis Duggan Poems

I think of them often my friends far away
The people I've not seen for many a day
Some of them with the departed now lay
Time does not wait for us or respect to us pay.
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Where is little Kiki she lived on our street
As lovely a person as one would wish to meet
With curly dark hair and with lovely brown eyes
In her early twenties yet in Worldly ways wise
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Old Claraghatlea I have not seen for some-while
And between here and there many a sea and land mile
'Tis there the life journey for me it began
For 'tis there I was born and grew into a man.
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Of Nature I always feel inspired to write
Of wild and timid creatures and creatures that bite
And in Nature there's many a beautiful sight
Like butterflies flying in the warm sunlight.
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In my own lifetime I won't live for to see
A World that's free of war and poverty
There will be the haves and have nots and us against they
Long after my remains will have gone to decay.
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No we cannot change what has happened we can only learn from the past
Though some lessons we've learned from living in our memories do not seem to last
Some of our mistakes we do keep repeating and for our every mistake we do pay
Some from the past never do learn and that does seem a sad thing to say
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The surf waves did roll foaming up a white spray
As I walked on the beach on a cool Autumn day
The terns in the shallows for their small prey did dive
Most creatures in Nature must hunt to survive
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The moon it is stealing through the starry sky
And in old Mt Beauty the boobook owl cry
The beautiful place with the beautiful name
Mt Beauty and beauty are one of the same
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Your admirers have named you the man of the day
But with your success don't get carried away
For too much of self pride not good for one at all
Like some say it often comes before a fall.
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The beauty of Nature a wonderful thing
This morning at dawn willy wagtail did sing
In the park off the street on a mirror bush tree
His somewhat scratchy song seems familiar to me
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