Francis Duggan Poems

You may be quite good even great at what you do
But remember there are some as good as you
And though at present you may be the best
From self praise at times your tongue does need a rest.
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You think you know me thought has proved you wrong
To any grouping I do not belong
We look at life in quite a different way
Does that not seem a fair thing of me for to say?
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On everything and anything they do like to have their say
Opinionated people I do meet them every day
And that their's is just one opinion that point they do seem to miss
It is true with some people that ignorance is bliss
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Her mum wept aloud on her birth bed she still does remember that day
At the birth of June her youngest sister now in her mid forties and turning gray
At that time Anna in her sixth year was too young to understand why
Her mother seemed so very unhappy at what should have been her moment of joy.
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You told me of the peace in Northern Ireland
And for lasting peace in Ireland you did pray
But now I hear that the hard won peace is endangered
Since the terrorists won't give their bombs and guns away.
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In park in Leongatha by small lake on blackwood tree
I heard a greenfinch singing a bird once familiar to me
And there was no mistaking to whom the voice belong
A once familiar songster I knew him by his song.
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The poor unhappy young woman doesn't life seem so unfair
She owns her own big company her dad's a billionaire
But the love ache that is in her heart will take time to repair
Her lover he has left her he has found love elsewhere.
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In the lonely wood of Clara orange breast robin pipes his song
A warning to all Clara robins 'that this here space to me belong'
And neighbour cock robin listen and the message is understood
Of old cocky himself master at the corner of the wood.
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Of war and it's bloodshed far too much we know
Let's hear it for peace and for all a fair go
Nationalism, Religion, Patriotism and Culture only seem to divide
And war leaders declare we have God on our side.
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For centuries of warring what wisdom have we to show
The war supposed to end all wars was fought nine decades ago
But by far too many have died in wars since then
And in any war even the supposed winners at a huge cost do win
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