Francis Duggan Poems

The hard roads of life we travel up and down
And so many do live far from their own Hometown
And though the future is uncertain we cannot live in the past
And changes around us occuring so fast
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We all may be equal in that we breathe the same air
But don't tell me that all in life is quite fair
Whoever speaks such tripe through their teeth are lying
When millions of people of hunger are dying
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A gray haired scraggly looking fellow is all you can see
But I am not what you think I am when looking at me
You cannot look into the thoughts of my mind
Like you I too have a soul and I too can be kind.
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The weather is chilly yet with so little rain
And not one dropp of water in the roadside drain
The hills overlooking the river are green
Yet signs of climate change not hard to be seen
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The old Mayan were renowned seers who into the future with some accuracy did delve
But their calendar is due to end in the year of two thousand and twelve
They forecast the rise and fall of the Empires from century to century
And of wars all around the World with some share of accuracy.
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I do not write for fortune or for fame
Or that mine may become quite a well known name
I only write because writing I enjoy
I have loved rhyme verse ever since I was a boy
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Good people to say the least in the World are not rare
They know how to give and they know how to share
They know that to receive you must learn how to give
And they firmly believe in live and let live.
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John Buckley lived in Mushera upon the higher ground
A quiet and decent person his nickname 'John The Pound'
For the Aubane Gaelic Football Club he played Gaelic Football
Back in the nineteen sixties as I can well recall.
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Bill in his days as a farmworker witnessed many plagues of mice
He said the damage done by the tiny creatures it wasn't very nice
For the farmer to look at some of his grain crop by them destroyed
To the huge dent in his profit he wasn't overjoyed.
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Far too many civilians in war zones have died
Their gift of life of them by misadventure denied
'Tis happening where wars are fought every day
Far too many civilians are dying in this way
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