Francis Duggan Poems

Though the poets and the singers love's praises does sing
The down side of love can be a mentally hurtful thing
And the sorrow of lost love can linger for years
It has reduced big macho fellows to tears
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Peeowit pee wee is all they ever say
The magpie larks ihear and see every day
Dainty black and white birds of town parks and countryside
Mud nest builders known and loved Australia wide
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Ned Casey played for the Slanan Rovers Football Club when he was a young man
Going back in time at least a three decades span
On his physical best years when his hair was light brown
In the Cloghoula countryside close to Millstreet Town
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In the Moyne Shire to many mine is a stranger's face
But i feel at home in this beautiful place
At most times of year the coastal lands look green
As fine as the finest beauty i have seen
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Though you never harm anyone in any sort of a way
Why does it affect you what others of you does say
They do not buy you food or your rent or home mortgage does not pay
Sadly their sort are not rare in the Human World of today
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Wish I had a million or far better two
For a few doing it tough some good I could do
But lots of money in life perhaps not my due
And wishing it seldom does make things come true
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Not a good Human World for many to live in where the strongest does rule
For many people with power over others in their ways can be cruel
The people who use their power in a fair and compassionate way
Are quite a rare breed in the World of today
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Birds one does see often in southern gardens sometimes every day
New Holland honeyeatersin black and gold and gray
Of pale eyes with dark iris and dark beard of feath Hollanders under chin
And for sucking nectar from the flowers dark bill long curved and thin
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The beauty of Nature is around me today
A beauty to view for that I do not have to pay
The nesting birds chirp and sing on bushes and trees
And the freshness of Spring is in the coastal breeze
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Praise may be your due since of late you have done well
But the side affects of this is your ego does swell
And since it makes you feel superior to the humble kind
A swollen ego is not good for the mind
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