Francis Duggan Poems

Another young soldier has died far away
An army representative will call on his mother today
For to tell her your son on the course of his duty has died
He served and died for his Country with his mates at his side.
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Brown wings with dark spots and dark freckles a short life it only enjoy
Four days to it will be a long span such is the life of a brown butterfly
But is our life to it that much different since the Reaper awaits you and I
We come to life inside a woman we are born and we age and we die.
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He cannot boast of personal successes the man who was born to fail
One might say he is unemployable and he has served a year of time in jail
For burglary without violence he is not a violent man in any way
He was born to the wrong type of parents but in our birth we do not have a say.
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One more tree that's cut down for development one less tree for a bird to perch upon
And every tree less in the Woodland means that soon the Woodland will be forever gone
And lost to the future generations where trees once were only houses to be seen
Where beauty was only gray and ugly concrete to cover Mother Nature's face of green.
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Since he won and lost the World Heavyweight title to Joe Louis many decades gone by
But Max Schmeling is still living and who would wish to deny
Him of his place in greatness he only fought the best
And he never was found wanting when he was put to the test.
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In Inchaleigh by Millstreet Town at the dawning of the day
It has been frosty overnight the morning fields are gray
And gray ground frost it has been said always a sign of rain
And bank high flows the old Finnow and bank high flows the drain.
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Old Davy O who drinks at the local pub is quite a tough old bloke
A heavy drinker for many years and as well he at least smoke
Thirty cigarettes a day yet I've never heard him cough or sneeze
For seventy he is doing well, healthy and free of disease.
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Life is so sad for Rachel since Danny passed away
She plucks a wild flower from the park for to place on his grave every day
And though it has been six months since he died the grief with her remain
And the things they did together they will never do again.
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If others should harm you in some way him or her in kind you ought not to repay
Just leave them for to reap their karma we do reap what we sow one day
And each wrong we do to another is a wrong to our own selves we do
But if in your dealings you treat others fairly then karma will be good to you.
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A mum and dad and their two children the children mottled dark brown and gray
The mum and dad are black and white birds they whistle and sing every day
Better known as Australian Magpies though Piping Shrikes their proper name
Most of them are not shy of humans and some of them are almost tame.
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