Francis Duggan Poems

It is so good to be alive on such a pleasant day
The children in the park playground are laughing at their play
And the birds who sing in all Seasons and every day of the year
The warbling flute like notes of the magpies are so pleasant for to hear
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It can come to you in the words of an old song
Wherever you go to your past with you goes along man
You think of the girl in the far away town
With blue eyes and shoulder length wavy hair of brown
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In many ways a generous person and she can be caring and kind
A woman who is known to many and one not afraid to speak her mind
Shirley may be an octogenarian but she does look well for her years
A woman who lives in the present and for the past she has no tears
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There is nothing here for him to wish to stay
Tomorrow he will leave at break of day
As the sun shines through the morning clouds of gray
He will drive towards the bigger town from here some eighty K's away
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The flag of his Country he never did wave
And the last post will never be played at his grave
He was not the type of which heroes are made
The man who walked in many an anti war parade
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The best years of my life have been lost to time
And for me like all rhymers there will be a last rhyme
Like all other life forms i was born to die
This happens to be fact and fact never lie
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Such beautiful weather for April in the far southern Fall
Going by the keepers of weather records the warmest Autumn of all
Since the keeping of weather temperatures began
Near a century of Autumns ago in time quite a span
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The World human population is on the increase
And in the future with more people to fight wars the less chance of peace
And Mother Earth's resources will be stretched with more mouths for to feed
And with more homes needed for more people the future for wildlife does seem bleak indeed
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People who feel marginalized human society can grow to hate
These are the people our flawed Governments and in our attitude to difference we can create
The Boston Marathon bombing brothers too had a mum and a dad
And like all children are as children they were not bad
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He is a happy fellow Laughing Jim
There are few if any as happy as him
Good to his children and good to his wife
One of those characters larger than life
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