Francis Duggan Poets Poems

Were I a poet I'd write of Nature's beauty around me
The songs of the birds on bush, hedge and tree
The flowers of the garden so lovely to see
The beauty of Nature to look at is free.
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Modern poets and modern poetry seem far too complex to understand
For such as I a common labourer from the boglands of Ireland
Though whether it be good or not so it is not for me to say
As I'm not a poetry critic and so I'll keep my tongue at bay.
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In the modern literary World rhyme is seen as out of date
And the long dead and the renowned rhyme writers few bother to celebrate
But I must be old fashioned one of another time
For I am one of those blokes who loves old fashioned rhyme
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The old bush poets of Gippsland are bowing to father time
But they retain their genius and their marvellous gift of rhyme
In their rural style akubra hats a breed all of their own
They still write poems of their boyhood years and the bushmen they have known.
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The old poets and poetesses they were master wordsmiths
Though literary styles have changed much since their time
For all others they are a hard act to follow
Since they mastered the art of penning perfect rhyme.
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They have the ticket draw for the football club
But never a poets hour at the local pub
'Twould seem that cricket and football are the in thing
And horse racing at the back end of the Spring
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Perhaps he said it for to hurt my feelings when he dismissed the stuff i pen as doggerel
I know myself that i have room for improvement though the stuff i write i never try to sell
I just send it into The Web Poetry Corner Webmaster Willy Chaplin never does say no
He is prepared to include everybody for all he does believe in a fair go.
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You ask me who is or who is not a poet
And of who should be worthy of literary note
But since i am one without a literary degree
why don't you ask somebody other than me
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In a Human World where self proclaimed poets are many the true poets are few
In the age of self promotion such a thing nothing new
Many who do pen doggerel claim the title of poet
And proclaim themselves worthy of literary note
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When he said poets as ever in the few
He told me something i already knew
Insightful wisdom poets with others do share
It is a pity indeed that they are so rare
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Poets are born and not made
And never into oblivion to fade
Long after the breath of life from them has gone
The poems they have written are destined to live on
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It is said about true poets that they are only few
But the truth in the matter is this is nothing new
Though many refer to themselves as a poet
Few seen to be worthy of literary note
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It is said about poets that their sort are few
But this in itself is not anything new
And though many feel proud to call themselves a poet
So few seen to be worthy of literary note
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Though many aspire to poetic greatness few do make the grade
For it is said about poets they are born not made
Those who aspire to poetic greatness are many and true poets are few
You may say to that tell us something that is new
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You poets of the World you may well feel proud
As the literary critics sing your praises loud
And condemn every rhymer to poetasters hell
Since rhyme is their new idea of what doggerel
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Poetasters are many and poets are few
One might say to that tell us something that's new
Out of millions a small per-centage make the grade
But every writer is needed in the Wordsmith Trade
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Many of you poets of the World it does seem to me
You are not doing your duty for humanity
In your poems you seem to ignore poverty
The plight of the homeless and the refugee,
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Anyone can do it you can have that from me
To rhyme is so easy as easy as can be
And though poetasters are many true poets are few
Am i telling you anything here that is new
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I repeat here what i have said often before
I write rhymes for enjoyment that and nothing more
Anyone can rhyme Tim rhymes with Jim
And fish as we know they are born to swim
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Since my knowledge on poetry is limited on poetry I cannot give advice
Though of one thing I am certain true poets write with a voice
Even without their names to their poems their work you ought to know
The voice of any true poet in her or his work always show.
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Poets like Francis Ledwidge have always been rare
He has been referred to as the Irish John Clare
Because of his love of Nature his poems read far and wide
Far from his home Village of Slane and his home Countryside.
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From the land of the living they may be long gone
But the great poets of Sliabh Luachra their legacies live on
They recited their verses at the crossroads near Rathmore
And their fame is even living yet far from Hibernia's shore
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Farewell to the poets and poetesses of Nature
Their beautiful rhymes are a gift of the heart
In literature they will always be remembered
For their promotion of Nature in which they played a huge part.
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There are poets and poetasters as i ought to know
As I've been a poetaster since decades ago
And rhyme it has been around for a long time
Though it seems out of fashion nowadays for to rhyme,
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The bush poets who tell their bush stories in rhyme
Will never bow or surrender to time
By lovers of bush poetry they are loved and known
One might say they are in a class of their own.
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They have taken the music from poetry the rhymer now is not seen as a poet
But just an ordinary poetaster not worthy of literary note
Even bush poets are not seen as worthy by those unable for to rhyme
Their work does seem prosaic and unmusical these self proclaimed poets of our time
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'Tis true that poets are quite a rare breed and few that pen verse are worthy of note
Though many say they do write poetry and refer to themselves as poet
You won't find many like Robert Burns or James Clarence Mangan or John Clare
They may have lived and died poorer than many do but their type of writers are rare
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Such beautiful poems to Nature they did write
The poetry we love for to read and recite
May they rest in peace now where-ever they lay
The deceased poets of Nature their poems live today
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Of country people and country life they write
And at bush poetry readings their poems they do recite
Their poetry that can be sung as song
To an old school one can say they belong.
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Don't ask me for my opinions on poets and poetry
For of such little I can claim to know
Every writer to the wordsmith trade contributes
And from humble beginnings every legend grow.
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The love poet writes of lovely things like true love and flowers in bloom
And the roses in the poet's garden scent of a sweet perfume
And the gentle hearted applaud him saying what a marvellous poet
He surely is a child of God and one worthy of note.
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Famed poets of South West Gippsland your fame known far and wide
You glorify in your verses your coastal Countryside
Your poems are of Phillip Island, Kilcunda and Archies Creek
In your words of fine beauty perfection you do seek.
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Religious poets of all Nations why do you sing of a God
Who favours the wealthy and famous and who ignores the poor and the downtrod
Who ignores the cries of the hungry and leave them for to slowly die
In the parched Lands of the desert where the sun burns in the sky.
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How come George Sims and George Crabbe are not more famous there is a naturalness about their rhyme
They are amongst the literary forgotten they were not even famous in their time
And could it be they wrote for the poor only and of the poor
not many wish to read
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'Tis said by some that poets are born and poets cannot be made
Whilst others say that anyone can learn the wordsmith trade
And good poets come and good poets go but their words will live on
And their poems will be read and loved long after they are gone.
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Some of you poets 'twould seem to me that you write for yourselves only
You ignore the bigger World out there and the plight of the poor and lonely
The Me, Myself and I 'twould seem to you are all that matter
Whilst thousands of hunger die each day and the rich grow sleek and fatter.
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The poets long gone and them we don't remember or is there such a thing as an immortal fame?
And the land of song and dance is changed forever but then suppose that nothing stays the same
And the old cultures by new cultures eroded and something of beauty lost and gone 'twould seem
But I still have a dream of an Earthly Utopia and I will always hang on to that dream.
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Some great poets never claimed they were poets of their status they were not so sure
And they always lived short of money and likewise they died very poor
One might say that they deserved better but that's life as some people say
In death fame to you will not matter you need recognition today
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Some famous poets lived most unhappy lives and their broken dreams broken beyond repair
And some ended their lives in mental homes with their memory
gone and they looking the worst for wear,
One might say their fame to them of little use though famous poets are and were always rare
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So many well known poets pen their poems to the wealthy as if the slum dwellers and the down trod
Were people who were born to be inferior and would always be further down from God
As if to be poor was to be seen unworthy and never worthy of equality
They ought to have a look around the slum parts and have a close up view of poverty.
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You have heard of William Wordsworth he was bard of Cockermouth
And he truly was a great poet if that ever was in doubt
And with Southey and With Coleridge they became known as the lake poets
And they made the Lake District famous and some famous poems they wrote.
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Some say that poets are born and poets cannot be made
But workshop poets say anyone can learn the wordsmith trade
And though they are seen by many as those who did not make the grade
At the weekends they run writing workshops for which they get highly paid.
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