Francis Duggan Poems

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1831.
Even For Those

In life you make friends and in life you make foes
You cannot be everything to everybody one suppose
There are winners and losers in life every day
For one to win others lose it is this way
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1832.
Perhaps The Greatest

Perhaps the greatest songwriter of the U S of A
Where many of his songs are national treasures today
For a while wealthy and famous he died in poverty
Fame can have it's price is how it seems to be
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1833.
Old Dick With The Balding Head

The roadways of life he has been up and down
The travel worn old bloke from the far away town
He does not know if he has fathered children since he never had a long term partner or wife
Though he has had many women in his life
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1834.
Are We The Sum Total

Are we the sum total of our lives experiences as some educated people do say
Or are they right those who see human destiny in a different way
Though withoutmemory it is true we would not have a link to the past
And we learn from our gift of memory for as long as with us it does last
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1835.
My Journey Out Of Millstreet

My journey in life led me from Millstreet Town
But not on the roadway to wealth and renown
If i ever return to there in truth to anyone i cannot tell
That in life i have done financially well
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1836.
Are Not Of The Few

That self obsessed people are not of the few
Is not saying anything that is in any way new
Quite narcissistic in their own self absorbed way
Walking in the park one sees them every day
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1837.
Everyone's Master

Time does not wait for the saint or the sinner
Or for the celebrity or the billionaire
In a World where everybody wants to be a winner
Losers are many and winners are rare
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1838.
I No Longer To Aspire

For to be wealthy and famous i no longer to aspire
Just to live as a good person is all i now desire
To helping anyone of my helping in need
And whenever i can do plant karma's good seed
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1839.
No Longer To Aspire

For to be wealthy and famous i no longer to aspire
Just to live as a good person is all i now desire
To helping anyone of my helping in need
And whenever i can do plant karma's good seed
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1840.
The Literary Critiics

Why ask me who is or who is not a poet
Or who should be worthy of literary note
The literary critics for this receive a good pay
And on who is a good writer they do have their say
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