Francis Duggan Poems

Try to make the most of life and enjoy every day
Before time it does catch up on you it ticks and ticks away
Yes time does not wait for anyone it did not wait for me
My best years are behind me I now am sixty three
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Just a small brown and white jack russell with a stub for a tail
Yet when it comes to trust and loyalty his master he never fail
One who will never know of canine renown
Yet to his mentor he is the best dog in the town
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He has lived in Australia for thirty five years
And for Scotland his old Homeland he has no more tears
He will never again climb the steep heather hill
Or hear the babble of the silver tongued rill
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Of their negativity in general one cannot help but note
But the politician who says positive things about political opponents would deserve one's vote
So many negative politicians in the World of today
So ordinary indeed in their ordinary way
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All of those who love Nature I greatly admire
And of singing their praises I for one cannot tire
But sad to say Nature's friends do seem too few
In saying that I am not saying anything that is new
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Of any success in my life of such I can't name
I'm just a rhymer from Millstreet who will never know of fame
A bloke from Claraghatlea close to Millstreet Town
Though that would not rate as a claim to renown.
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The weather was wintery on the day that Mum died
The cold winds of February blew across the countryside
For years ailing of lung cancer her end painful and slow
Of suffering in her life she surely did know
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He has never helped for to bring a child to life
And Bill in his fifties never had a wife
And it is said by some that he is gay
But if this be so then that too is okay
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Like for all of us there is a final Spring
For every bird a final song to sing
So enjoy your walks in Nature for as long as you can
For short in time the longest lifetime span
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Till the one known as the Reaper claims the breath of life from me
For to be a better person is all I can wish to be
And try not to be judgemental and of others negative things not say
And believe in a fair go for all people we ought to live that way
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