Francis Duggan Poems

I thank lady luck she has been kind to me
But how many more Springs will i be privileged to see
And though my legs at their best they could never run fast
I know that my better days are in the past.
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An email from Kate O Connor one i visually did know
A sibling of younger friends of mine from many years ago
She went off to live in England where she still lives today
Still it was nice to hear from her from all of those miles away.
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As beautiful a scenery as there is to be seen
The undulating fields of England so lush looking and green
The hawthorn hedgerows snow white in their blossoms of the May
Where the old brook from the high ground to the river winds it's way.
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These soppy old popular love songs seem to live on in time
Back there in the late sixties when i was in my prime
In jukeboxes in bar-rooms they were played all night long
The often used word 'baby' was in every sixties song,
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Until the day i die of Nature i will sing
The chilly days of Winter the birdsong of the Spring
The warm Summer days the freshening evening breeze
The butterflies at play around the flowering trees
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One addicted to rhyme i have penned reams of stuff
Some of it not all bad and some not good enough
To me 'tis like a drug i feel compelled to write
whilst others watch t v I pen on through the night
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In the midst of nowhere in deserted Bydoo
The home of koala, wallaby and roo
The status of a town it never did attain
And the walls of a dozen stone cottages there only remain.
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Though theological reasoning is way over my head
The Pope is infallible on church matters 'tis said
But no such a thing as infallible when it comes to humanity
At least that's how it does seem to a cynic like me.
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In a world racked by violence we create our own fear
Of bombings, shootings and killings is all that we hear
In Lands where they practice an eye for an eye
In Cities after darkness where curfews apply
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An atheist and a cynic he doesn't believe in prayer
Though nowadays his type of person is not rare
Yet amongst the religious zealots he knows how to survive
And he never break the law at the speed limit drive
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