Francis Duggan Poems

Why are wealthy celebrities and well known sportspeople so greatly admired
Of listening to people singing their praises i for one do grow tired
Of their sort in any way i do not feel inspired
As some would say they leave a lot for to be desired
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The bare and brown paddocks of moisture have long been sucked dry
And the sun glowing bright in the blue morning sky
For central Victoria another warm day
And rain that is needed does seem far away
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People of kindness and compassion with others know how to share
But sadly their sort are becoming more rare
They may never become the heroes and heroines of the town
But they never ignore the financially down
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Once seen and once heard birds you never again can get wrong
Rufous whistlers are known for their loud melodious song
Why they sing when thunder or loud noise they do hear
To even the well informed on birdlife not obviously clear
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Time has left me older i am ageing far south
Of the fields of the badger and the waterways of the brown trout
And life's journey for me may end far away
Of the place where i first looked on the lamp of day
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Beauty is in the eyes of the behoder as some does say
And relevant to the individual it does seem this way
Some see beauty in another person some see beauty in a flower or a tree
Beauty has many faces is how it seems to be
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All i receive for my rhyme sometimes a well done with a smile
And sometimes does rhyming pay well and has it been all worth your while
In this the twenty first century literary styles changing fast
Prosaic poetry a literary in thing and rhyme is a thing of the past
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Every time i look in a mirror an old bloke is staring at me
Balding, gray haired he looks a bit wrinkled in his early seventies maybe
He does not appear to be happy though when i smile at him he smile
I thought of getting to know him better but then felt it may not be worth my while
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Of the praises of celebrities the masses do sing
Heroine and hero worshipping with many does seem the in thing
But most of the greatly admired of the Human World of today
Are far from good people and quite flawed in some way
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A millionaire many times over and materially quite a wealthy man
With dreams to become materially and financially wealthier for far greater things he did plan
In his early thirties with a beautiful wife and two young daughters and his best years of him ahead
One of the town's wealthiest people and much of him written and said
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