Francis Duggan Poems

In the Human World where billions of people for success do compete
For many every day some new challenge to meet
Where most of the ruthless and self serving seem to materially thrive
And the meek and the humble struggle to survive
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For every man and woman there's the love of their life
Though many of them never become lovers or man and wife
The memories of such love until death does remain
In times of nostalgia for to visit again
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Sean Radley of Millstreet is in the Irish Broadcasting Hall Of Fame
Such a humble man for one of a great name
For at least four decades the Voice of Millstreet
Yet none could ever accuse him of conceit
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Those with love in them have the inner glow
And they are always nice people to know
Since they are usually compassionate and kind
They have been blessed with great gifts of the mind
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As a place of some beauty it's claim to renown
Yambuk in Victoria a small country coastal town
Between Warrnambool and Portland with a charm of it's own
As a gem of the Moyne Shire it is widely known
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Time does not wait for anyone it does not wait for me
And few of years do live for a century
And that the longer you live the sooner you will die
Is based on fact and fact never lie
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Her shoulder length dark hair was tossing in the breeze
The birds they were singing on the leafy trees
And bluebells were blooming on the ditch of the bohreen
When last i did see her the Pride of Dooneen
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Never in the flesh for to see her again
And only good memories of her do remain
She passed from life slowly in her twilight years
Her family and friends for her have shed all of their tears
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Only a tiny minority have their stories in book form published to sell
But we all have our stories of life for to tell
From the billionaire to the never do well
And the people who know of life in Earthly Hell
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Patriotism, Nationalism and Religion so much we hear of them and read
To war terrorism, death and suffering they often do lead
From them far too often something ugly does begin
Without them the Human World would be better to live in
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