Francis Duggan Poems

In a Human World where the wealthy minority to live on have far more than enough
And the millions of homeless are living and sleeping rough
And the gap between the haves and the have nots keeps on growing ever wide
Many millions of people of a fair go in life are denied
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I was fitter and healthier and livelier on my feet
Twenty six years ago when i lived in Millstreet
In twenty six years many a night and a day
And time rusts steel and iron as the wise one did say
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On the streets the bands of the army play as they march up and down
And the patriots are waving their flags in the town
And the latest war weaponry is on display
Very soon to be used in a war in a Land far away
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It is always so sad to see an aging man in tears
The alcohol stirred up in him the memories of happier years
His thoughts did return to his beautiful wife
For thirty nine years the great love of his life
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In me as a person heaps of room for improvement this is something that i never could deny
But then such words does apply to others yes to many others this too does apply
As you should know it never does cost money to join the judgemental society of the town
The people never into self improvement who verbally like putting those down in their luck down
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I know of Nature her presence all around me but of her ways so little i do know
But having said that she is quite amazing and my wonder of her only grow and grow
We depend on her to live just like all of her other life forms this is a fact and fact does never lie
But like all of her life forms we are born as mortals and she alone the one who does not die
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His face looking old and showing the wear of time
And many Seasons have passed since he was in his prime
Tired of the World and of his aging nagging wife
Happiness seems far away from his life
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Noel Dennehy was born and raised in Murphy's Terrace in distance a short walk from Millstreet Town
His kicking of the winning point for Millstreet in an under fourteen Cork County final earned him his place in his club's gaelic football renown
As a young man he farewelled Murphy's Terrace and his many friends and parents and siblings living there
From Millstreet in view of Clara Mountain in Duhallow his life's journey was to take him to elsewhere
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The truth based on fact and fact does not lie
You do not win a war if for your Country you die
For if you lose your life no matter for what cause all you've had you have lost
To fight and die for your Country can come at a prohibitive cost
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The town's unsung hero is one who honors life
He is nice to his children and nice to is wife
He is one who works hard for his take home pay
And for to help others goes out of his way
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