Francis Duggan Poems

Back there in the fields by the old stream I daydreamed I would be a poet
That I would become very famous a literary person of note
But daydreams as we know are daydreams and daydreams do seldom come true
And life it has formed the habit of giving us what we are due.
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Poor sense of self worth can give rise to low self esteem
On that count we all are quite similar 'twould seem
By Society's approval egos are satisfied
Us humans are creatures with a sense of pride.
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He is a mere mortal one born to die
And in that respect I'm no different to him of that fact I won't lie
Thirteen going on fourteen for a dog that is old
And he has fathered puppies as I have been told.
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They can cause resentment the feelings they sting
Words used for to hurt can be a painful thing
And if with your words you do choose to be cruel
To ill feelings you surely will light the fuel
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In life they see it as their appointed role
The people who are into people control
When their people need aid of the aid givers they try to block the way
Like those terrible rulers in the Burma of today.
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Proud of themselves and their marvellous lives
Proud of their beautiful children and wives
Proud of their Nation and National Flag
All of these things to them are worth a brag.
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Of the successful we only do hear
And of failure only the fear we do fear
But at the end it will not matter at all
If you and your life others do not recall.
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The moon silently creeping through the starry sky
Whilst in the high woodland the boobook owl cry
And male brush tail possum on a gum gives his harsh mating call
On a calm night in May in the Southern Fall
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In truth I can say I was a happy boy
And my boyhood years were years I did enjoy
And though happy memories of my youth I retain
I do never wish for to be young again
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Than the coastal scenery few things seem so fair
The smell of the kelp in the cool evening air
The babble of the waves lapping on to the shore
A sound destined to live forever more
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