Francis Duggan Poems

The song of a goldfinch in thought sends me far away
To the northern groves in the prime of the May
The beautiful birds with the twittering song
By sight or by sound one could never get wrong
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Why asylum seekers risk their lives and some of them drown in sinking boats trying to reach Australia is something i can understand
For it truly is the Country of opportunity this wonderful southern land
Of beautiful coastal cities and wide open spaces the home of the emu and roo
Of wombat, wallaby and koala and many species of rosella, lorikeet and cockatoo
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With words i am one who likes to have a play
And i do like to dabble in rhyme every day
Some tell me in rhyme i have said all one can say
And that maybe i ought to give rhyming away
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Though you may live far from there and may never see it again
Your first home to you as your first home remain
It is where the great journey in life for you began
And where you grew into a young woman or man
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In the freshening coastal winds the rain drizzling down
On the streets and the sidewalks of old Portland Town
From the shopping center the inclement weather keeps the shoppers away
On the last day of September a rare gloomy day
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Known to be a loner he only likes his own company
Tom is not a bad person though a bit anti social maybe
Words to find not easy for one like him to describe
Since he never seems sad the man without a tribe
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The majority of the wealth of the World is owned by the few
And in this i am not saying anything that is new
Whilst poor people of hunger are dying every day
In a fair Human World it would not be this way
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We are what we are this is all we can be
And you in your ways you are different to me
On very few things we do seem to agree
Then most in their thinking do think differently
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His old white ute full of rust he looks rusty as well
The balding grizzly old fellow from Moonabell
He seemed stuck for an answer when i bid him good day
He passed me in silence he had nothing to say
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Many in their communities does look on them as strange
But it is those who think differently to others who instigate change
Though they do not have followers there can be little doubt
That these are the people change for the better can bring about
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