Francis Duggan Poems

The sun like a red ball rise over the mountain
And then brighten and kiss the grass moistened with dew
As I stand here at ease by a crystal clear fountain
And feel happy to welcome a day that is new.
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There is a world beyond the woods of Sherbrooke
And this Australia is a vast country
But you tell that to Jimmy from Kallista
And he will say Kallista will do me.
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The wonders of this wondrous Land Australia
From tiny honey possum to red roo eight foot tall
One of the world's most amazing countries
If not the most amazing land of all.
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The news has spread far beyond Duhallow's borders that Dee Dineen has passed away
In St Mary's cemetery in Millstreet Town his last remains now lay
He was a marvellous character likeable in every way
But the journey through life for us all must end one night or day.
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From penning reams and reams of stuff anonymity is my gain
But that doesn't stop me penning since here I go again
The staus of an average rhymer is all I can hope to attain
The poets can write their poetry but a rhymer I'll remain
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Far from her coastal Hometown where she first looked on the light of day
The last poet of the coastal lands at peace forever lay
In the quiet suburban cemetery where her remains lay forever more
One cannot hear the rumble of the tide on the sea shore
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Most people love Nature in their own sort of way
And the voices of Nature we hear night and day
The artists sketch Nature and the poets sing her praise
And the wonders of Nature never cease to amaze
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For him in life nothing seems to go to plan
His wife took the children to live with another man
He never did harm her in any way
On leaving she told him i love him better than you this is all she did say
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The gray butcherbirds are singing in Birdsland today
In fancy i hear them in the dawning gray
As the white cockatoos do scream as they fly
From their tall roosting trees to the paddocks nearby
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We are told that we can be anything that we wish to be
Though this does seem quite a bit far fetched to me
I can never imagine that humans unassisted will fly
And as eagles do soar near the clouds of the sky
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