Francis Duggan Poems

Life's survival battle i fight every day
As my debt to society i struggle to pay
My money making ventures to success never lead
And tis true our friends we know in our moments of need
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Poets like Francis Ledwidge have always been rare
He has been referred to as the Irish John Clare
Because of his love of Nature his poems read far and wide
Far from his home Village of Slane and his home Countryside.
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It was April and the days were growing long
And every bird that could sing was in song
But Donal Brady's eyes were full of tears
As he sat by the lonely moorland mere.
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Of late this life has not been good to me
But now I feel much better I feel free
Of stress that eat my happiness away
And I've not felt as good as this for many a day.
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Yesterday it was twenty degrees or so
And this morning it feels cold enough to snow
But Melbourne weather known to be that way
The place you get four Seasons in one day.
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He is young and bright and handsome the type that women pursue
But he only love one woman brown haired Tess with eyes of blue
But the lovely Tess just needs him as a friend and nothing more
She loves one twice her own age gray haired Joe who lives next door.
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At first I thought this has to be a crow
But as she flew white on her wings did show
Upwards to cup shaped mud nest wedged in bough
And then I knew she is the white winged chough.
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It seems that there is not much life around
And the yellow robin's voice the only sound
But now crimson rosella's voice I hear
He bells on high gum somewhere very near.
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The Human World will never be what we want it to be
An honest World and a truthful World full of integrity
A World where all know freedom and of any vices free
Though not one truly perfect person or so 'twould seem to me
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Dan Leary hard man of Millstreet Gaelic Football
He was a fearless fellow on his day
He took and gave some hard bone crunching tackles
And from a challenge never backed away.
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