Francis Duggan Poems

Since you never harm anyone in any way
Why worry what some who know of you of you have to say
Unpaid judges like they are to be found everywhere
There are millions of their sort in the big World out there
...

I feel lucky in life in truth i can say
In the beautiful people i meet every day
Every stranger to me who greets me with a smiling face
Is surely an ambassador for the human race
...

Lex McLennan was a farmer's son from the Bathurst countryside of New South Wales
One destined to become famous as a writer of bush stories, poems and tales
He grew to love the workings of Nature when he was a young boy
And to those who love the ways of country life his writings remain as a source of joy
...

Everybody has ego and this is bar none
And this is to be found even in the most humble one
But those with an under control ego are always okay
Since they do not need their photos to be taken every day
...

Many will tell you that the humble in life never get to anywhere
That they never become the successful of the big World out there
In this age of self promotion to publicize your latest achievement is a natural thing
And so many their own praises quite willing to sing
...

The fans of the football club have won the right to brag
Of their team who have won the premiership flag
Till closing time in the pub they do sing the club song
To the winners the joy of victory does belong
...

It lives in my head as an unforgettable song
Wherever i go to my past with me comes along
And like most other migrants old memories in me does last
The gift of memory keeps us linked to the past
...

At a time when natural beauty than usual more rare
The wattles their clusters of yellow flowers wear
But at all times in Nature some beauty to see
And a pride of the Winter a flowering wattle tree
...

He may not be there when the deciduous trees sprout new leaves of green
And the bluebells are in bloom on the ditch of the bohreen
And the robin on song on a silver birch tree
Many Springs have gone by since the home fields he last see
...

Why worry about the making of lots of money the thing that gives rise to fame
When the reaper of lives treats the lives of the paupers and the billionaires as the same
You may be the town's wealthiest person but some evening, night, morning or day
The one who is known to claim all lives will surely come reaping your way
...