Francis Duggan Poems

The years have left me looking old and gray
Far south of those old green fields far away
That i may never walk upon again
And only memories of what was with me remain
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A cold wind from the mountains blew across the bare countryside
And behind the low gray clouds of rain the sun in permanence did hide
Old Brandy she was dying our brown companion dog
She never more would chase a hare in Jack the Master's bog
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Every-time Cherie or Jason takes him for a walk
To other people with dogs they cannot stop to talk
Since Myles with other dogs does like to fight
Some heelers in a good scrap do take delight
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Though clearly not the man he once used to be
Old Adrian looks well for one of eighty three
He still enjoys a few beers at the local pub
The five times best and fairest with the local football club
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The weather is getting warmer by the year
And that Climate Change it is with us is quite obviously clear
For future generations when i am long dead
Some hard and poor times of them may be ahead
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It is true about rhyme it is easy to write
And easy to read and easy to recite
But rhyme in the Literary World is not faring well
Since the twenty first century literary critics dismiss it as doggerel
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Since the opinions of others no business of yours anyway
Why worry what others of you have to say
As long as they do not broadcast lies you to defame
It is so wrong for to lie to harm another person's good name
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Far from the noise of the big town street
In the beautiful place where the waterways meet
The gray shrike thrush is whistling today
From the human hive of industry in view of the hills far away
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To be the top feline in the neighborhood is Russell's claim to renown
Cherie Amor's big black and white tabby is the cat about town
The other tom cats in the neighborhood of him live in fear
That he is the boss cat does seem obviously clear
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The poets and the singers it's praises do sing
The great gift of love is a wonderful thing
And those with love in them to give are lucky indeed
Though of more of their kind the Human World is in need
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