Francis Duggan Poems

Margorie the poetess with brown eyes and raven hair
As a wordsmith and woman of letters few with her to compare
Though only in her early thirties she is wiser than most twice her age
As well as a poet she is a visionary and a wise female sage.
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Many of those who worship you travel to Countries far
And pray to you for victory before they vent their rage in war
And always before bloodshed the prayers to you are said
Before the victims families bury and mourn their dead.
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Like every British Prime Minister he has purpose in his stare
And few are as good at talking tough as Mr Tony Blair
Once the World's greatest Empire to much now does not amount
And lessons that are in the past are never taken into account.
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We are so very different we think so differently
And when we look at this World of ours a different World we see
And though our different thinking makes us so interesting some have been known to say
Our mates with us share common ground and 'tis always been that way.
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'Tis said your enemy at present might be your future friend
Some say there is truth in those words whilst others say 'just a crock of wind'
That those not with you are against you that's how 'twill always be
That the enemy you have today will remain your enemy.
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Money speaks all languages 'twould seem
Though of becoming wealthy never was my dream
Still I've nothing to show for my wasted prime
That is the price one pays for penning rhyme.
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Bill B when he's at the local pub talks of his awful life
and when he has a few drinks in he badmouths his ex wife
She left him with their Primary schoolgoing son and daughter about a year ago
Her side of the story of their marriage breakup different to his and she has the proof to show
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Darky the old black labrador his muzzle with age gray
And Jim his master in his mid seventies says like me he has known a better day
He once could run quite quickly but his fastest speed now slow
And his date with the Reaper is drawing nearer though of death he does not know.
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Today a back to Winter day a chill is in the breeze
In early Spring in Victoria we do get days of under fifteen degrees
Today between the heavy showers a brief burst of sunshine
Yet compared to the heavy rains of yesterday today seems even fine.
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You may have come home a hero from the killing streets of war
But that does not tell us much about you or what sort of a man you are
The one who never fired a gun and to his beliefs is true
Though by many not seen as a hero is not a lesser man than you.
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