Francis Duggan Poems

In my flights of fancy the male pheasant crow
In the field where the rushes in clusters does grow
And the hawthorns are cloaked in their white blooms of the May
On ditches and hedgerows from here far away
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To sing the praises of one like her is surely worthwhile
The beautiful young woman with the wonderful smile
A singer and actress in her life's prime
And she is one who will only improve with time
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Some are born as sports people to be good at things such as football
And some destined to be soldiers their names on wall memorial wall
Whilst some do become celebrities and their praises many do sing
But celebrities or not celebrities everyone is good at something
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He called me a bollox of a rhymer which means i pen terrible stuff
Though before he was born i was rhyming and for years i've been a rhyming buff
To say the least i was offended but he is much bigger than me
Well over two meters a strapping young fellow in the prime of his life twenty three
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For him it is not easy with a mentally ill aging wife
But his commitment to her it will be for life
From his marriage vows he will not walk away
Till death does them part with her he will stay
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You may think it is behind you in the forever gone
But wherever you will go to your past will follow on
The good and not so good times you often visit again
The memories will be with you as long as the gift of memory you retain
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For all of us a place where we first saw light of day
You may live there now or near to it or from it live far away
And though there yours may not be a well known face
Where you live today is now your home place
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Colin Corbett the one without a hobby though he has good and funny stories to tell
And he has a subtle sense of humor as a comedian he would do well
But such a career to him not appealing he will not give his chef job away
One of the many unheralded talents in the Human World of today
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Why so many people want to live in Australia is something i can understand
A big Country of many good people and it is such a wonderful Land
A land of variable climates from the sub tropical and the tropical north to the temperate south
A huge Country for a population of twenty five million people and quite a livable Country no doubt
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In Nature so much to learn of and so much to see
Her beauty it is everywhere around me
A beauty for to see that for we do not have to pay
Such beauty i see around me every day
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