Francis Duggan Poems

In Warrnambool another gusty day
A freshening wind blow up from Lady Bay
Through the coastal City bathed in sunshine
Where the pale eyed crows caw on the norfolk pine
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It cannot be at all easy to grieve somebody's heart
For to tell someone who loves you of my life you cannot be a part
Such words I would imagine for most quite hard to say
Though it happens very often and to many every day
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In the Literary World an almost unknown
Yet the rhymes that I pen I can claim as my own
For many years now I have been a rhyme buff
And like many more I have penned loads of stuff
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Nature's wild birds are chirping on sunlit bushes and trees
On what is a warm enough day of twenty nine degrees
In marvellous weather for flying insects the buzzing of flies and bees
And there is a certain freshness in the freshening Summer breeze
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Doesn't bother me that my physical prime is long gone
But what does make me happy i am living on
I feel reasonably happy and i am mobile and life with me okay
And i try for to enjoy every waking day
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I am from the home of the silver back crow
Where River Finnow to the Blackwater flow
North of this great Southern Land thousands of miles by sky
Even quite far as the migratory bird does fly
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His memories of what was beginning to fade
The man who fought in the battle where heroes were made
He may well have walked in his last war parade
Perhaps the last post for him soon will be played
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One has to feel for those who are not feeling well
In poor health for decades living in Earthly Hell
Some with terminal illnesses some in poor health for years
Their lives full of sadness and pain and tears
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At breeding time they sing at night and every day of the year
The song of the Australian magpies so pleasant to hear
On a calm night in August when Spring it is near
Their beautiful flute like notes sound melodious and clear
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Though losing is a thing anyone would not choose
For one for to win someone else has to lose
Such is life or words to that effect as some like to say
There must be winners and losers since life is this way
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