Francis Duggan Poems

Not the prettiest of birds but they are widely known
The gray and brown house sparrows have a charm of their own
Introduced by humans to Countries almost Worldwide
Birds who are happy to live near where people reside
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So lucky the people by few people known
One can say of them that their lives are their own
So few to admire them or to verbally put them down
They never do yearn to be toast of the town
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I never thought i would be so long away
From the place where i first looked on the lamp of day
Claraghatlea a mile by road west of Millstreet Town
Where i used to live when my hair was dark brown
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The things in life that does interest you do not interest me
Quite different in our ways of thinking on few things we seem to agree
But our different ways of thinking does make us more interesting as some have been known for to say
No two are on the same life's journey in life we go on our own way
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Venezuela's late President may he rest in peace
From the pains of killer cancer death gave him release
Not one without human flaws but in some ways quite rare
For the poor of his Country Hugo Chavez did care
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Though many with such thinking would disagree
We do follow the course of our life's destiny
This is how it is and it always will be
At least anyhow that's how it seems to me
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It is said for good Karma in life we do give to receive
On such a philosophy i do believe
And those who keep taking far more than they are willing to give
With the laws of Karma have no wish to live
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What is life about ask one wiser than i
I only do know we will live till we die
And what comes post bodily death i would not have a clue
If i told you i knew to self i would not be true
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She danced in the Edel Quinn Hall in Kanturk Town
In her late teens when her hair was light brown
The former Rose of Kanturk where might she be today?
Only know in Kanturk Town that she did not stay
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Of the long deceased poet Charles Bukowski One Robert Vanderhope is a fan
He says with words Bukowski was mighty he was an extraordinary man
Lines from his poems he often does quote the words of the poet does live on
The words of the man are living long after the life from him has gone
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