Francis Duggan Poems

You will find them in big cities and in where few people are
Those born with the lust of wander from their birthplace travel far
To all corners of the Planet from Dunedin to Rome
The World is their oyster and nowhere is their home
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So many poor people in the Human World of today
Condemned for to live life in the hardest way
The victims of famines caused by droughts and crop disease
The homeless and hungry and the refugees
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Young children splash, laugh and have fun
In the rock pool in the warm Spring sun
Their parents sunning on the beach nearby
And sea birds do call as they fly
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Have you ever felt as useless as teats on a bull
And of your humdrum existence did have a gut full
I know how it feels of your woes I must say
You are not alone on feeling this way
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To many he remains as the boxer supreme
But more to him than being a former World Heavyweight Champion or so it would seem
The man who used to call himself the greatest is a great man indeed
And of many more like him the Human World is in need.
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We all have our hobbies and addictions as well
Some play sports, some like fishing I pen doggerel
For many years I have been a rhyming buff
And I am still addicted to penning of stuff.
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The swallows that flew above high Claramore
Are flying south to Winter on a warmer shore
They will not be back home to breed till mid April in Spring
When in the woods and groves nesting songbirds whistle and sing
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Familiar voices in Nature that everyone know
The flute of the magpie the caw of the crow
The pipe of the blackbird melodious and clear
And the whistle of the shrike thrush so pleasant to hear
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Her hair may be gray but she has charm and grace
The woman with the kind and the beautiful face
Slightly built of medium height not short or not tall
But a memorable person one worthy of recall
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Of Wine I had drunk at least two litres for one of my age that's not wise
Alcohol in the mind of the migrant to feelings of nostalgia gives rise
Nostalgia for friends and for family that I had not seen for many years
The only migrant amongst many Aussies my sense of manly pride helped me to hold back the tears
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