Francis Duggan Poems

Apart from Nature there is a God known as the God Within
Found in every child in every Land for children are free of sin
A God within in every child or so 'twould seem that way
But most adults lose their God within though to another God they do pray
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As the sky starts to brighten just before daybreak
The whistling of the gray shrike thrush one ought not to mistake
So flute like and familiar and melodious and clear
A beautiful voice in the Spring of the year
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She provides us with our every survival need
The Great Earth is truly a Great Earth indeed
For our very existence on her we depend
Yet we do not treat her as our greatest friend.
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He is not well known not even on his home street
Yet a kinder or nicer person than he is one could not wish to meet
It's just that he doesn't play sports or drink at the pub
And he is not a member of any social club
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From exposure to sunlight his skin is bronzed brown
The sturdy young man from the tropical town
Many highways and freeways he has driven up and down
And to be a great shearer is his claim to renown.
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Her short clipped wavy hair a natural gray
And though obviously she had known a better day
She remains quite attractive despite the passage of time
She must have been beautiful in her life's prime.
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You will not meet a boy or a girl in the town
Who do not have their daydreams of wealth and renown
And bask in the glory that success does bring
To want recognition is a natural thing
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The people who have been oppressed for decades may cheer at the dictator's downfall
But if their new leader is just another despot their sense of joy seems wasted overall
When the fall of one despot gives rise to one similar there is no reason to celebrate
No free speech or freedom of association in any non democratic State
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Of my own shortcomings i am all too aware
And what others say of me i am too old to care
My best days in life to the forever gone
But till the moment i cark it i will keep battling on
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To Saint Mary McKillop of the cross many Australian Catholics pray
If there is a heaven she is up there today
She lived a saintly existence it does seem fair to say
To help those in need of helping she went out of her way.
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