Francis Duggan Poems

Like every life form in this World humans are born to die
And the stories of an afterlife may even be a lie
For not one I know who has passed away to me has come back to tell
Of another life in another World of a heaven or of a hell
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Paul Robeson was the first great negro singer
Though through his life he knew his share of woe
In his Homeland he was treated as an outcast
But in death his legend seem to grow and grow.
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Your ideas of war and war heroes are your own and that's okay with me
But when you tell me war leads to peace with you I can't agree
Bad feelings between people who have been to war for years and years remain
In war as well as the needless loss of life friends you don't ever gain
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Oppressive regimes of the World to violence too inclined
And they punish everybody with the courage to speak their mind
I toast all Governments who allow free speech for that's democracy
Though far from perfect it does seem their citizens are free
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On the name of humanity great shame it does bring
The usage of children to fight in war is a terrible thing
By some so called patriots in the World of today
The scum of the Earth of them one well might say
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The fearless hunters of the day they circle in the sky
And faster than a swallow tis said that they can fly
They can kill birds far larger than themselves in flight they make the kill
They nest in holes in the sandstone cliffs on the face of the brown hill,
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The days of burning of fossil fuels could be coming to an end
A far cleaner source of power in the sun and the wind
Climate change speeded up by global warming almost out of control
With more droughts and famines of human populations taking toll
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He has climbed to highest branch of success tree
And he's a winner everyone agree
But what use to you financial success
If in your heart you know no happiness.
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So much about sports has been written and said
And the sports columns of newspapers by so many are read
For victorious sportsmen and women there will be a parade
And the top sporting people huge sums of money are paid
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'Tis football is the big World game of today
Grid Iron the big game of the U S of A,
Rugby League, Rugby Union and Aussie Rules Football
And soccer the biggest World game of them all
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