Francis Duggan Poems

Since they are not religious in any way
They never go to a house of worship to pray
But even the atheist who is moral and kind
Is one who does possess a god of the mind
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For as long as you are the best that you can be
And your dealings with others conduct in honesty
And for your future good karma sow the good seed
By helping the person of your help in need
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Long before their names were on a plaque on a bridge to honor their renown
Johnny and Lena O keeffe were legends of Millstreet Town
As leaders of the Millstreet Tidy Town Group they never did wish any plaudits to win
But thanks to them and those they inspired Millstreet nowadays a cleaner and a better Town to live in
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Perhaps i will never more live near Millstreet Town
Where i grew from a boy to a man when my hair was dark brown
But going back the years this now seems long ago
And time that rusts iron has since become my foe
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At the Koroit Sheepdog trials in very late January and early February
For the dogs and their owners six days of fun
And lots of good comradeship in the southern Summer sun
Six days of trialing of a weather temperature average of twenty six degrees
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On a nice and cool January evening of around twenty degrees
The cawing of the crows is carrying in the breeze
Though the sun in the gray sky is hidden away
For the prime of Summer quite a pleasant day
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It should be a good man deserve a faithful woman but not so for Billy his ex wife Ann
Left him for one younger a handsome and tall man
And with her took their young children Lynda and Paul
Some women like some men not trustworthy at all
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The brave deeds of war soldiers so many impress
But it takes a braver man by far to walk downtown in a dress
Wearing lipstick and makeup his shoulder length hair dyed green
No braver a man in the town than him has been
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On the high countryside from here far away
I have been told that there is snow on Mushera today
And the early February weather temperature mostly below the zero degrees
And the cold breath of frost in the Boggeragh breeze
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In life there are challenges to meet every day
And few have it easy it is meant to be this way
Few ever do feel happy all of the time
For to feel a bit sad it is never a crime
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