Francis Duggan Poems

Though you are not hungry or homeless or have ever slept rough
You does believe that life on you is tough
And though not one of the wealthy you are not financially down
Like many who live on the poor side of the town
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Our varied interests make us more interesting as people would you not agree
Since sameness can become boring is how it seems to be
But with those of similar interests to you much in common you share
That best friends have much in common far more usual than rare
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Our varied interests make us more interesting as people would you not agree
Since sameness can become boring is how it seems to be
But with those of similar interests to you much in common you share
That best friends have much in common far more usual than rare
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For as long as your gift of memory you retain
The past as you knew it with you will remain
Though some of your memories give rise to regret
And sometimes we remember things we wished we could forget
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Once you does hear and see them you never again can get them wrong
Mottled grey brown birds they have a lovely song
Whatever reason to saltwater they like for to live near
One sees them and hear them singing at most times of the year
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I have been described as one of illiterate rhyme
A non existent phrase but for everything there is a first time
By a would beliterary critic who does not write well
Since she or he need lessons on how to spell
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The praises of laughter we should sing
To so many joy it does bring
To it such a beautiful happy ring
A smile does not cost one a thing
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On his way home from work in the evening he call into his local pub Dan
Just for a few drinks the down to earth working man
And then home to his dinner to his two young daughters and Ann his wife
One loyal to his marital duties and happy in his life
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When last i was in Claraghatlea coldwintry winds did blow
And ancient Clara Mountain did wear a hat of snow
Cattle in the farmyard sheds were bellowing for silage or hay
Feeling a bit more hungry than usual on a cold December day
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Wherever i turn to look Nature's beauty i do see
Today it is everywhere all around me
Though when compared to sprinkler watered green parks of the nearby town
The dry coastal paddocks are looking rather brown
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