Francis Duggan Poems

To me it does seem for to say the least odd
That Rastafarians believe the late Haile Selassie is God
Though doubtless when living he had God on his side
When he was Emperor of Ethiopia at least a million of Ethiopians of malnutrition died
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His amazing and true to life images of malnourished people deceased, dying and ill
Has made a champion of the poor of Sebastiao Salgado the great photographer from Brazil
Perhaps one of the all time great photographers Worldwide famous and known
One well worthy of the title of in a class of his own
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Money may speak every language but money will not save
You of the crematorium or the deep dark depths of the grave
The Reaper of lives will come reaping your way
If not in the dark of night then in the light of day
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The gray fog is stealing down the Boggeraghs again
And the tall trees are soughing in the wind and the rain
It is raincoat weather the sky looking gray
The sun may not shine in Duhallow today
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In this part of Koroit once a beauty quite old
Of old houses and old trees in the backyards for people to behold
The trees are removed and the houses torn down
An environmental eye sore in old Koroit Town
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From the heights of Mushera the gray mountain fog
Silently steals across the Butter Road and cloaks Togher Bog
In poor driving conditions frost, fog and snow
On the narrow high mountain roadways drivers must drive slow
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Denny Hickey from Gortnacreha he died far away
In Birmingham in England he lived his last night and day
But he is at home in Cullen to stay
In the cemetery in the Village his last remains lay
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Every successful person i do know
Their assets and money in millions does not grow
I call them successful because every day
To help those in need of helping they go out of their way
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It crawls to the Pacific dark, deep and slow
The age of the Merri anyone does not know
Perhaps it has been flowing since the dawn of time
The river that has inspired song, story and rhyme
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It is simple enough stuff that i do write
And email every day to an internet literary site
Anybody can write rhyme the literary experts do say
But what i so enjoy doing i could not give away
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