Francis Duggan Poems

What I dislike in others are things that I only see
In a person I do not know too well the one that's known as me
Since they are the reflection to the dark corners of my soul
The weaknesses in our humaness seems beyond our control,
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From the smallest insect to the largest mammal the need is to survive
The survival of their species is part of their sexual drive
'Tis only to defend their breeding territories that male birds ever sing
And not what some like to believe as their sense of joy of Spring.
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As long as you've not harmed them in any sort of a way
It matters little to you what others of you say
As long as their comments are not libelous them you ought to ignore
Small minds breed negativity we've heard that one before,
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Mine is only one opinion and my opinions do not hold much weight
One dismissed as a radical commoner in a majority State
Seen as an ordinary poetaster I never said that I was otherwise
Yet my truths to me are quite truthful though others may see them as lies.
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Of more Natural disasters in the news each day we hear
The anger of Mother Nature it is a thing to fear
She rages through the suburbs and blows the houses down
And leaves death and destruction as she heads for another Town.
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The skylark above the brown scrubland how sweetly he carols today
Just hearing him in flights of fancy takes me north of here and far away
To that green far northern Country when wildflowers were blooming in May
The air borne skylark was carolling like a small speck in the sky blue to gray.
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The World is full of gullible people they believe everything that they hear
They believe every word of Government propagandists and they live in their cocoons of fear
The Government know that 'tis a good vote catcher when they talk of security for the State
And for them 'tis a mighty power weapon if widespread fear they can create.
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Leonardo was first to experiment in making flight equipment he knew one day that humans would fly
He visualized human operated aircraft each time that he looked at the sky
He could look far into the future to at least five centuries of time
A genius he was so creative when he was in his glorious prime.
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To want to be liked is a natural thing 'tis a strange one who would wish to be hated
But few things more arrogant 'twould seem to me as the arrogance of the self celebrated
They tell everybody of how marvellous they are they do like to sing their own praises
And that they win admirers by praising themselves the naivety of some it amazes.
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His accent is rare in this City a migrant from old Duhallow
He comes from that fertile green Countryside where the waters of Araglen flow
On it's journey to the Blackwater through old fields and by many a hedgerow
Through places made famous by long deceased writers going back many Seasons ago,
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