Francis Duggan Poems

Those who can laugh at themselves have become a rare breed
And more of their sort in the World we do need
They never do take themselves too seriously
A good sense of humor is in them naturally
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He has lived in Australia for forty three years quite a good span of time
He arrived in Victoria in sixty eight six or seven years short of his life's prime
He worked for a few years with one of his mum's brothers his kind uncle Phil
A long way south of Claraghatlea by old Clara Hill.
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To the flaws of others some are totally blind
They do make small gods out of ordinary kind
The narcissistic with them always do have success
Self praise the impressionable never fail to impress
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In the reeds the moorhens and coots their dark young do hide
In Hamilton Lake where the musk duck reside
The male with a fleshy bag hanging under his bill
That at ease he inflate and deflate in life his given skill
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In her younger years the Pride of Boherbue
She has lived in Australia since nineteen sixty three
Her hair silver gray it was once chestnut brown
She grows old in Victoria in old Colac Town
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To be an Irish 64 Kg's boxing champion is his to be proud of feat
The best in the Country in his class he beat
Something Aubane's Tim Lehane would have daydreamed of as a boy
His great victory did have him jumping for joy
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If there is a hereafter and since to a God i do not pray
For the sins of my life some price i will have to pay
There are some choices in life that are ours for to make
And the choice that could cost me soul damnation i am willing to take
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In fancy i can hear a silver back crow
Cawing on a beech tree where the Araglen flow
On to the Blackwater it babbles it's way
Through old fields of Cullen by night and by day
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To my own self as a person i can only stay true
And to the individual pay the respect she or he is due
And that goes to all people of every race and creed
Since red is the color of our blood when we bleed
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There should be more of music as well as dance and song
These three bring people together in that there is nothing wrong
They transcend race and borders and are a great uniting force
Of old mistrusts and hatreds they can be a healing source
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