Francis Duggan Poems

I am one who has done a bit of traveling far south of Hibernia's windswept shore
Far south of the countryside west of Millstreet and Clara overlooking Claramore
In Claraghatlea where i was born and raised in i would be a stranger to many today
But i do miss the old fields of my young years old memories die hard it does seem this way
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What is success can anybody tell me since few on what it means seems to agree
The person you look on as successful may not be a successful one to me
Through different eyes we see things very different and your ideas of life different to mine
On what is success we do not see eye to eye on but that you have your own opinions on it suits me fine
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For many years in his home in Liscreagh Kieran Hickey lived on his own
And outside of the town land he was not widely known
A shy sort of a fellow in his own quiet way
Though known to be clever quiet waters run deep they say
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Who would Believe the southern calendar Winter only seven weeks away
For Autumn and April a beautiful day
The weather sunny and warm twenty five degrees
With even a Summer type of warmth in the gentle Summer like breeze
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In the children's playground in the park by the bay
The joy in the laughter of children at play
A happy sound that does bring joy to my day
Laughter is the best medicine as some like to say
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Though she was one who had known a far better day
The woman who for years commanded great power Margaret Thatcher has passed away
Britain's only woman Prime Minister in eternal rest lay
Though nice things about her some do not have to say
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Though never referred to by anyone as one of our own
The man with the loud voice to many is known
You do not need a hearing aid him for to hear
And he can be quite deafening when to you standing near
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From years of working in warm climates his face wrinkled and brown
The man from the outback tropics is happy in his life in the cool southern town
In the hot and sweaty shearing sheds never an easy day
One can say of him he earned his every pay
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Football is the main topic at the local pub
Where many young and not so young males wear the colors of their club
In Winter and early Spring from the early Fall
The main topic by many males you've guessed it is football
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The Developer looks but he does not see
Any beauty at all in the flowering gum tree
If he had his way every tree would be cut down
For to make way for more houses and factories in the town
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