Francis Duggan Poems

With that money speaks all languages one must agree
On that one you will not have an argument from me
But money cannot guarantee you a longer life span
And that applies to every woman and to every man,
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Though some may violate you and sully your name
Tis not you who should be hanging your head in shame
Since you are one not guilty of any crime
Though verbal mud can stick to you for some time,
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For some of us there may not be tomorrow
That's how it is and it will always be this way
It is true we only can live in the moment
I'm quoting here what wiser counsel say.
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Only in fancy i see Caherbarnagh
And climb up through the bracken to Gortavehy lake
And only in fancy i hear the robin singing
On the windswept hedgerow in the grey of daybreak.
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For the flag of a Nation i never would die
For I'm not patriotic of that i won't lie
The battles of life for me are hard enough
And believe me at times i do find the going tough.
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At Mcloughlins beach in the Spring of the year
The beautiful flute of the curlews one hear
The eastern curlews they sing as they fly
Their music echo through Gippsland's coastal sky
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Don't judge him for money or for his lack of it
And don't judge him if on the sidewalks he does spit
He once was a proud man from grace he did fall
He has his addictions so too don't we all,
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This countryside could do with weeks of rain
The dams near empty and bone dry every drain
Yet the six day forecast is for warm and dry
And the sun burns brightly in the clear blue sky.
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Perhaps he said it for to hurt my feelings when he dismissed the stuff i pen as doggerel
I know myself that i have room for improvement though the stuff i write i never try to sell
I just send it into The Web Poetry Corner Webmaster Willy Chaplin never does say no
He is prepared to include everybody for all he does believe in a fair go.
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Above the Towns and Villages across the moonlit sky
Towards the fields by Mushera mountain the migrating redwings fly
They leave their northern woodlands when the cold north winds blow
Before the onset of Winter and the first heavy fall of snow.
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