Francis Duggan Poems

I feel rather lucky in truth i can say
In the amazing wildlife i see every day
Koalas and echidnas and gray kangaroos
And emus and wallabies, corellas and cockatoos
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Last year he went back to his first hometown
And on familiar streets he did walk up and down
Yet to everyone he met his was a stranger's face
On his home streets he did feel out of place
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The sun behind gray clouds is hidden away
For the southern August one might say a typical Winter's day
But nearby to where i stand the sound of joy abound
The laughter of children in the park playground
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You may not drive in an expensive motor car
Or on the ladder of success not have climbed very far
But you earn your living in the honest way
And you work hard for your every take home pay
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The young hereford bull calf in the paddock out there
Lives on the milk from his mother's udder he hasn't a care
She feeds him and licks him and of him takes care
The bond between mother and offspring all creatures with humans do share
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My friends are not many but as friends they are true
And they are great people for to give them their due
I know that to them i can turn to if of helping i am in need
My friends may be few but as friends they are true indeed
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If you want to make the World better to live in
With your own self you have got to begin
The good things you do for yourself says less about you
Than the good things for others that you choose to do
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The days of the rhymers are in the long gone
And rhymers today as ever rhyming on
Though without any hope of knowing of literary renown
Today there are rhymers in every village and city and town
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There are days in your life when you feel a bit down
When you are one of the sadder souls of the town
When you are not in the mood for to socialize
And you do have the look of sadness in your eyes
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I feel lucky in life in many a way
In some of the nice people i meet every day
People who are complete strangers to me
Who help to restore my faith in humanity
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