Francis Duggan Poems

Have not even had a lower division win in lotto for some while
The Lady of luck on me she does not smile
In gambling one might say my luck is not in
And without her on your side not much hope of a win
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Of your Nationality you well may brag
But do you respect other Races as well as their National flag
For that what you believe in says more about you
Than anything else does happens to be true.
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Where I was raised people never pray for rain
There always is water in the roadside drain
The rivers, streams and rills often bank high do flow
Yet of hunger and want there I never did know
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Though your physical beauty may take you quite far
That does not tell us of the person you are
True beauty is too deep for eyes for to find
'Tis hidden away in the caves of the mind
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As a boxing champion Muhammad Ali is surely a great
But 'tis as a marvellous Human Being him we should celebrate
Many of his sayings on life are truly profound
People of such wisdom and insight in numbers don't abound
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You too can make the World to live in a far better place
And you can be an asset to your clan and your Race
If you live your life in an honourable way
In a better World to live in you can have your say.
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'Tis by chance alone that we were even born
And we are destined to die as sure as night loses her dark cloak to the morn
We can only live in the now though we often think of the past
And the clock on our lives it keeps ticking on fast
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I'm living far south of my old home today
From here Claraghatlea is many miles away
Where the Cails from Kippagh does babble on down
To join with the Finnow a mile from Millstreet Town
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To so many great joy she is known for to bring
The wonder of Nature is an amazing thing
And though about her she has a mysterious way
From her we do learn something new every day.
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Some people to me in their honesty say
You have written so much stuff without reward or pay
When I tell them I've got a penning addiction they don't understand
They look at me as if my brains are of sand
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