Francis Duggan Poems

A sixty five year old rhymer my best days long gone
But the urge to rhyme in me i will keep on rhyming on
Till the Reaper of lives claims the life's breath from me
Sometime in the near future whenever that will be
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He has convinced himself he is a major poet
One who is quite worthy of literary note
Though locally known still unheard of elsewhere
Now he has to convince those of the bigger World out there
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He has convinced himself he is a major poet
One who is quite worthy of literary note
Though locally known still unheard of elsewhere
Now he has to convince those of the bigger World out there
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The young schoolboy next door his dreams are not small
He visualizes himself as a great of A F L Football
In the famed black and white of Collingwood the hero of Grand Final Day
Echoing in his ears for him the magpie fans loud hooray
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In Ireland Jack Mullan was known as Mr Coursing when i was a young man
On looking back the Seasons in time that a lengthy span
But to a man from Millstreet Town such a title now does belong
When it comes to coursing dogs and coursing Dan O' Donoghue never wrong
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Age can bring with it wisdom as some like to say
Though the future belongs to the young it does seem this way
The old bloke on his head has gray hairs to show
And the passing of time has left him walking slow
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The first of the calendar Autumn just a week away
On what is a nice and sunny Summer's day
The nearby paddock scenting sweetly of newly mowed hay
And the pee wee does sing in the park by the bay
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You may be found to be wanting when put to the test
But why worry about it you did try your best
To the race for the top spot by one better than you beat
But what matter most you were gracious in defeat
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You may be found to be wanting when put to the test
But why worry about it you did try your best
To the race for the top spot by one better than you beat
But what matter most you were gracious in defeat
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To me it does seem quite a fair thing to say
That kind and compassionate people are born this way
Though some with such thinking may well disagree
At least anyhow that's how it seems to me
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