Francis Duggan Poems

They are not responsible for Global Warming the homeless poor and unemployed
It is by the affluent minority that the Natural Environment is being destroyed
The people who have grown wealthy from mining and property development the few responsible for a huge percentage of the carbon emissions it does seem
The poor cause little environmental damage compared to those held in high esteem
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We all have our ambitions and goals to pursue
But for many their dreams in life never come true
For every winner there has to be losers life works in this way
But those who keep on trying will know of success one day
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No story for to be published too small or too big
Sean Radley online has published the story of Catching The Pig
At the Priest's Cross in Millstreet in Duhallow a piglet running free
Disrupting the traffic this is something nowadays one often does not see
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A bully with the support of subordinate bullies is one who feels greatly empowered
But bullies on their own as we all know when stood up to often reduced to the status of coward
Just like the story of the school yard bully beaten by a smaller boy in a fight
He never again was a bully and of trouble he kept out of sight
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Good old memories do live on as a source of joy
Often in fancy i go back to old Lisnaboy
On the farm with my Aunt Mary and my Uncle Dan
Many Seasons before i grew into a man
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He goes his own way and he does his own thing
And the praises of anyone he does not sing
And in his words he never puts anyone down
The true individual of the tribal town
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So many wars have been fought and lost and won
And many a mother has grieved for her dead soldier son
And to borders and nationalism and religion peace always seems to lose out
Death and suffering, destruction and grief is what war is all about
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This penning of rhyme can be a hungry belly game
For most in it no money as well as no fame
At penning of rhyme most rhymers for themselves never make a name
Though it is something they do enjoy doing just the same
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The town's wealthiest person was buried yesterday
But money no use to him where he now lay
His recently deceased wife gave birth to his two daughters and a son
A grandfather ten times he died at eighty one
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For every woman and for every man
Everything in life does not go to plan
One has to take the good days with the bad
And the happy times as well as the sad
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