Francis Duggan Poems

Today is so warm 42 degrees
It is not even cool in the shade of the trees
The warm air full of the buzzing of flies, wasps and bees
And great warmth in the sunshine and warmth in the breeze
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An ordinary rhymer i have written a lot
But it bothers me none if i will be remembered or not
The rhymes come to me on notepaper i pen them down
Though without hope of financial reward or renown
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Everyone for himself or herself and god for us all
Those who think in this way in their thinking are small
On a self centered existence such people believe
They do scoff at the idea of give to receive
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They had lived in Australia for hundreds of centuries before white people came
And hunted and shot them to extinction which seems an awful shame
The thylacine Australia's largest marsupial of prey
All but lost to the memory it does seem sad to say
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Time on me is telling it becomes everyone's foe
But my past follows me to wherever i go
In my flights of fancy i hear the gray crow
Cawing on a beech tree where the rank rushes grow
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He lives in a town where he is not well known
Where anyone never refer to him as one of our own
He often does think of his hometown by the bay
From this dry inland countryside 300k's away
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The day it is pleasant a freshening breeze
Is gently stirring the leaves in the bushes and trees
And silver billed magpie in the mood for song
Among Nature's finest songsters he surely does belong
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As a photographer she is held in the highest esteem
Her images of hare coursing in Ireland are truly supreme
Due to her postings on smugmug she has become known far and wide
The god who gives gifts is surely on her side
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I know i have lived most of my time span
But i will cling on to life for as long as i can
For there is so much of the World i have yet to see
The lust of the wander still living in me
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Such joy to the people nearby it does bring
The sweet sound of laughter a wonderful thing
The one who has laughter everyone wishes to know
In numbers his or her friends everyday seems to grow
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