Francis Duggan Poems

Known as Mt Rouse or Kolor in it's rugged face of brown
The old volcanic mountain overlooking Penshurst Town
Thousands of years back in the Dream-time long before European people came
To live in the Shire now known as The Southern Grampians the hills coughed up rivers of flame
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I am what is known as your average rhymer not what most do refer to as a poet
Yet i am one who does care about others does this not make me as one worthy of note?
I am one of many who can feel for others to others respect i do pay
And though many do look up to materially successful people yet success in itself relative anyway
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A loving husband to his wife Molly and a good dad to his children and to many he was a good friend
For Doug Williams in his ninety second year his life's journey came to an end
A hard working likeable fellow in Altona his last remains lay
Like Doug all of us born as mortals and for all there's a last night and day
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It's strong links to Ireland one of it's claims to renown
Koroit in south west Victoria an old rural Town
For it's friendly people it is widely known
One might say Koroitians have a charm of their own
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In life everyone are not winners many must lose for one to win
Though some will tell you to try your best and come out losing should never be seen as a sin
But such words to you of little consolation when your dreams in life do not come true
Most people do feel quite deflated when they fail to achieve the goals in life they do pursue
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From Griffith Island where they lived their first day
The short tail shearwaters are now far away
Above the deep southern ocean far from the nearest land shore
From their birthplace five thousand kilometers
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As the rural town's wise elders themselves they do see
And on what matter most to them in life they usually do agree
This idea of multiculturalism they never could embrace
For change that people of other races bring in their town there is not a place
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When i was much younger with a full head of hair
I used to think life to me was not very fair
But of late i have come to realize and now firmly believe
Is that what we put into life in return we receive
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Some people are quite hard to please this is true
And gains for the self they do only pursue
Their three favorite subjects are me, myself and i
When they believe they are a gift to humanity to themselves they do lie
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I cannot feel envious of the known billionaire
Full of worry and stress with a mind full of care
Though the praises of such people many may sing
Their money cannot buy or to them bring
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