Francis Duggan Poems

Though some of them retain a place in the heart
From friends of the past we tend to grow apart
They have formed new friendships and new bonds like you
Though to some of our friends of the past we remain ever true
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Accurate forecasters of weather weatherwise they are seldom wrong
It will rain in the high woodlands when you hear the currawong
When you hear the dark birds calling rain is in the mountain breeze
And the high branches wave and the leaves are stirring on the great mountain ash trees.
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Don't ask me about it I don't wish to know
You nurse your old grudges your grudges do grow
Your grudge that was born four decades ago
The seeds of forgiveness you cannot sow
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My soul full of wonder at things I do see
The beauty of Nature is all around me
The birds in the Parkland do whistle and sing
In three weeks we'll be saying goodbye to the Spring
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The sky is a mixture of clouds blue and gray
And the sun at intervals shines through on this warm Spring day
With a high of a humid thirty one degrees
And little relief from the heat in the freshening sea breeze
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I only say here what is the obvious truth
That blessed are they with the great gift of ruth
One might say in numbers they do not abound
Though the ruthless at heart are not hard to be found
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Their over inflated egos have stripped them of the power to discern
The know alls are those who have nothing to learn
Though not one in the World who knows everything would you not agree?
At least anyway that's how it seems to me
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Though for many years their bones lay in Nature's bosom and in the flesh them I never more will see
Of them I have the finest mental pictures and they are living in my memory
They were the ageing mentors of my young years and insights on life from them I did gain
And until the Reaper claims the life's breath from me fond memories of them with me will remain
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I am not what you would call a successful person
To be alive is my only claim to fame
My mum and dad they would not be proud of me
Though I have never brought upon them shame.
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I am one of many who loves Nature her beauty is all around me
And every day in Nature's World new wonders I'm privileged to see
Of Nature we never stop learning we learn from her every day
Though her secrets and they are many from us she has hidden away
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