Francis Duggan Poems

Of the coastal countryside known as south west Victoria they are the first race
And as an indigenous people with thousands of years of history they should take pride of place
In this part of the far southern Land but it is not the case
The way their ancestors were treated nothing short of a disgrace
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Of Jedder there are many stories to tell
In her thirteenth year and feeling unwell
Her sight rather poor and of her balance losing control
The years on the old dog had taken their toll
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Due to their song some people refer to them as the weerloos
Whilst to most they are known as yellow tailed black cockatoos
Big dark brown parrots in their ways quite shy
Call out weerloo weerloo as in small flocks they fly
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I have been out of Ireland for thirty three years
And for the what used to be i have shed my last tears
But the memories in me today does remain
Of places and faces i may not see again
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For all of the wrong reasons his extreme religious views
The millionaire Australian Rugby Union player Israel Folau is in the news
His homophobic and anti atheistposts have come to him at a huge cost
His yearly contract worth millions by him is lost
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By his family and friends he will never be forgot
He was loved by many the man who laughed a lot
The great gift of life he did embrace
And he always did have a big smile on his face
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Manuel the gray haired balding man from Madrid in Spain
True to the memory of his deceased wife Elaine
Though she is dead many years does remain
Old photos of her he does retain
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The words of a wise woman i do recall
A fair go for some is not a fair go for all
To not include the words of for all is not a fair go
This only does happen for to be so
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The more we learn from life the more we come to realize
That we are not very knowledgeable or not very wise
Though from the book of life we do learn every day
We never stop learning in truth one can say
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Though she has been one who has been through Earthly hell
Ingrid on her past never wishes to dwell
The worst life can give she is one who has met
And some things from her past she would rather forget
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