Francis Duggan Poems

The river known as Allow in flood waters of brown
Bank bank high through Kanturk an old Duhallow town
In late January a cold, wet and windy time of year
Though the calendar Spring with each day is drawing near
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That from life we receive what from life we are due
In so many cases happens to be true
If to the law of the land for your crimes you do pay
Then Karma it will catch up with you one day
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It had rained overnight this morning the sky overcast and gray
But the sun is out and shining in Koroit today
The paddocks around the old town looking bare brown and dry
And just a few gray clouds in the blue and sunny sky
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Though fond memories of the what was i do retain
Perhaps i will never see the Boggeraghs again
Or walk in the old fields when the soft winds of Spring blow
When the cock pheasant in the rank rushes does crow
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Pay no heed of what others of you say for you have proven to be good enough
You keep hanging in there though the going on you is tough
You have been homeless at fifteen and lived rough on the street
At twenty the toughest challenges in life you have happened for to meet
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Boy George was a pop legend of the nineteen seventies the lead vocalist of the band culture Club
He remains a hero to many including Joe who drinks beer at the local pub
On Saturday with a few beers in he sings a Boy George song or two
He remains loyal to his singing hero a thing every loyal fan always do
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Some birds sight unseen by their song one can tell
And one bird by his whistling that is known quite well
Lives in the fringe of the woodland in the sparsely treed bush
The bird known to many as the gray shrike thrush
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Where the weather never gets too warm or cold or too cool
The beautiful old City of Warrnambool
That can boast of visitors from Countries Worldwide
Who travel on tourist coaches from Melbourne to the Premier City in south west Victoria's coastal countryside
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After escaping from a detention center on Christmas Island at the bottom of a cliff found dead
His past had been a tragedy he could not face years of detention of him ahead
Fazel Chegeni an Iranian Kurdish refugee
Of torture and imprisonment he felt he would never more be free
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On looking back the Seasons that time does go quickly happens to be so
Pat Duggan left Claraghatlea five decades ago
He went off to New York for a new start in life
Where he married Lisheen born and raised Kathy Looney his soul mate and wife
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