Francis Duggan Poems

I have convinced myself i am not good enough
That my rhymes are too simple and slipshod and rough
We are what we think we are that's how 'twould seem to me
And with that assumption many may agree
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Wherever she is at joy is to be found
She carries it with her and spreads it around
In her early seventies and lovely to behold
She has not lost her beauty though she is growing old
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In Claraghatlea in the flesh never more to be seen
But fond memories of him will remain evergreen
Grieved by his many friends and family and Sheila his wife
Dan Connors has come to the end of his journey in life
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Far more than a literary fellow of note
Denis Florence MacCarthy he was a great poet
So many of his time to anonymity gone
But the poems of MacCarthy are read and living on
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There isn't anyone that is perfect that is how it would seem to be
Though some are more flawed than others would you not agree?
Yet the nearest to perfect are flawed in some way
Perfection is not for human kind as some are known to say
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O'er McLoughlins Beach from here many miles away
The eastern curlews are piping at the dawn of the day
They return to their southern wintering ground in the spring of the year
And their distinctive soft piping are always pleasant to hear
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Of their choice of entertainment they seem far from discreet
Their car stereos blaring as they drive on the street
What is music to them does not seem so to me
But then most of us look at things in ways quite differently
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I did know Dan Mulcahy since he was a young boy
Annagloor, friends and family his life's sense of joy
One who was not granted a long span of life
Now grieved by friends and family and Ana Victoria his wife
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You work hard for very poor wages your employers do not treat their employees unfair
For years you've been financially struggling and of better times you often despair
With a wife and three young children to support and food to buy and bills to pay
The struggle just for to make ends meet is the challenge you face every day
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That everyone has got talent i do hold for to be true
Though some never receive the recognition that does seem their due
Some for the gifts they are blessed with never become recognized
Success does never come to them and their dreams are never realized
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