Francis Duggan Poems

In the Human World we live in of so much suffering, tears and sorrow
Enjoy yourself if you can, live in the now for you there may not be tomorrow
The Reaper who claims every life claims the lives of the young and healthy
The poor the ageing and the frail as well as the very wealthy,
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Most politicians are crooks in disguise
And they even believe their own lies
Their word not worth one piece of dust
You just cannot take them on trust
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Though the prosaic writers are known to succeed
The poet without music a poor one indeed
Without rhyme no music or memorable song
The rhyme in the words to the music belong
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The rhymers do never have a rhyming prime
But only in death do they run out of rhyme
Most of them not seen to be worthy of literary note
Few rhymers accorded the status of poet
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The rain coming down from rain clouds gloomy gray
We may not see blue sky or sunshine today
But the rain it is welcome quite welcome indeed
And of more much more of it we are in need
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By Cashman's high field from here far away
In St Mary's of Millstreet the Parish dead lay
Some of them I knew well in decades gone by
But on looking back the years time does seem to fly
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From Millstreet in Duhallow I live far away
Though in fancy I've been back there many a day
'Tis late April there now in the prime of the Spring
And in the groves and on hedgerows the nesting birds sing
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Executed by firing squad in the dawn of the day
'Tis said 'twas his wish for to die in this way
For the most serious of crimes with his life he did pay
In this a free Country as many like to say
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Some tell you in life you can be what you choose
Still for one for to win another has to lose
That is how it is and it will always be
Though many with what I say may not agree
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A day to remember the lives that were lost
In wars that did come at such a huge cost
The young men who died in Lands far away
For the love of a flag with their lives they did pay.
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