Francis Duggan Poems

You do not have the right to be judgemental and to verbally put others down
In so doing you will not win yourself respect and become the best loved one in the town
Judge not and thou shalt not be judged it is so true and to everyone it does apply
If you do choose for to judge others by your own judgements you too must live by
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Were you ever at a party where you did feel out of place
Where you did feel an outsider and yours was a stranger's face
Where with those at the table you sat little in common you did share
Your experience not unusual and to say the least not rare
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Never any shortage of things in Nature for to talk or write about
When day creatures seek night shelter the night creatures do come out
From their burrows and dark places where they hide from lamp of day
Both nocturnal and diurnal creatures born to live in their own way
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Her passing must have reduced many to tears
The woman who lived for a century of years
A good mother to her children and to the late Frank Reen a good wife
In Millstreet Town she had lived for the most of her long life
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In life i have made a few friends and i am not one without a foe
And my past it seems to follow me to wherever i do go
Success in life it does seem is a relative thing
Though only the praises of celebrities some do see fit to sing
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Any government should not have nuclear weapons that's how it seems to me
Though with such an opinion many may not agree
Uranium is a thing that should be left in the ground
Even for nuclear power it can be risky in nuclear reactors danger abound
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Yesterday has gone to the forever like the Autumn leaves borne by the flooded stream
And of a happy and lucky tomorrow is all we can wish for to dream
Happy and sad memories we have of what has been to live in us until we die
As Shaw said life is not meant to be easy in that he was not telling a lie
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In wisdom and knowledge for my years i have little to show
And so little about life i can claim to know
Though we never stop learning as some like to say
And life has new lessons for us every day
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For many years i have been a rhyming buff
And i have written what some in their wisdom refer to as stuff
The people who can boast of their literary degrees
And for their literary lectures and workshops do command high fees
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The joy in your laughter the woe in your tears
The memories remain of the long bygone years
And the old streets you often did walk up and down
Full of youthful elan in the far away town
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