Francis Duggan Poems

From listening to Nature great insights we gain
The crickets are singing to tell us of rain
The sky clouded over at gloam of the day
And from us rain cannot be too far away
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I've never fought in war and I've often told a lie
But that's human i suppose and one day I'll have to die
And what will it matter then my living will be done
If battles I've not fought and battles I've not won.
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We cannot change the past that so happens to be true
But an apology should be given to those to whom it is due
And for wrongs of the past the Turkish Government to the Armenian people should apologize
But if that does come about then that would be a surprise.
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We cannot feel their grief or know of their mental pain
But from the lives of others some insights we can gain
And we should not judge others till we walk in their shoes
We cannot be good winners if with grace we cannot lose
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Not everyone of you has kind things to say
You win some you lose some life can be that way
If one builds you up someone else drags you down
Tis a hard old climb on the hill to renown
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She is unpredictable liable to change
And many look on her as one rather strange
And the more we learn of her the less of her we know we know
An aura of mystery around her does grow
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He is out there with Nature his is a watery grave
The man who loved adventure but he was truly brave
His kayak was found capsized just out of Milford Sound
A day or two and he would be with family and friends and safe on solid ground.
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A telephone conversation with James Sullivan in old Claraghatlea
Even as the crow does fly from here far away
And i garnered from the conversation which did not last long
That the Irish economy is still going strong,
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In a world racked by violence we create our own fear
Of bombings, shootings and killings is all that we hear
In Lands where they practice an eye for an eye
In Cities after darkness where curfews apply
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An atheist and a cynic he doesn't believe in prayer
Though nowadays his type of person is not rare
Yet amongst the religious zealots he knows how to survive
And he never break the law at the speed limit drive
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