Francis Duggan Poems

As i have written in rhyme of and often did say
That only in death i would give rhyming away
But on this of late i have been changing my mind
That i may give up on rhyming to the thought i am resigned
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That you feel so disappointed one must wonder why
Since you may not have won but your best you did try
And to lose with honor is never a sin
In a Human World where many must lose for a few for to win
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The sanderling are flying north today
To their breeding grounds on the Arctic shores from here far away
They will return with their young for to greet the southern Spring
The call of Nature is an amazing thing
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Eventually time becomes everyone's foe
Like Nature's Seasons to life we come to and life from us does go
And long after the living breath from us has gone
Life without us as usual will go on
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Old memories in me does remain evergreen
Of places i have been to and beauty i have seen
Of people i have known and may not meet again
And only mental images of what was are mine to retain
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Not the prettiest of birds but they are widely known
The gray and brown house sparrows have a charm of their own
Introduced by humans to Countries almost Worldwide
Birds who are happy to live near where people reside
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So lucky the people by few people known
One can say of them that their lives are their own
So few to admire them or to verbally put them down
They never do yearn to be toast of the town
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I never thought i would be so long away
From the place where i first looked on the lamp of day
Claraghatlea a mile by road west of Millstreet Town
Where i used to live when my hair was dark brown
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The things in life that does interest you do not interest me
Quite different in our ways of thinking on few things we seem to agree
But our different ways of thinking does make us more interesting as some have been known for to say
No two are on the same life's journey in life we go on our own way
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Venezuela's late President may he rest in peace
From the pains of killer cancer death gave him release
Not one without human flaws but in some ways quite rare
For the poor of his Country Hugo Chavez did care
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