Francis Duggan Poems

Her eyes are as blue as a November sloe
And her shoulder length wavy hair as dark as the wing of a crow
And beauty goes with her to wherever she go
The girl from the place where the Araglen flow
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That he is Australia's Federal Treasurer everyone knows to be so
And his recently launched biography is titled 'Not Your Average Joe'
But going by some of his comments he seems quite ordinary
A below average Federal Treasurer is how he seems to be
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The people who give to receive and plant Karma's good seed
Of more of their kind the the Human World is in need
Such as the people who travel to third World Countries from their home-place far away
And work for poverty stricken people without the reward of financial pay
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Each time she sees Billy her feelings she cannot disguise
She looks at him with love in her brown eyes
Her eyes cannot hide the words she cannot say
The look in the eyes to the feelings a give away
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A lot of good people are locked up in jail
In Countries governed by autocratic regimes the flawed justice system them did fail
For having the courage to speak out against the ruling government is their only crime
Deprived of their human and lawful rights in their life's prime
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One never found to be wanting when he was put to the test
From lightweight up to heavyweight he fought some of the World's best
Boxers but due mostly to the color of his skin
He never fought for a World title though against great fighters great fights he did win
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The past gone forever and the future ahead
And the now is all that does matter as the wise one has said
And tomorrow the birds will chirp and sing in the dawning gray
And life will go on as usual as it went on today
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What happens to my remains when i have lived my last night and day
Since on that i do not wish to have or will not have any say
If what is left of me in a crematorium burned to ash or put in the ground to decay
It surely will not matter to me then anyway
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When the gray fogs from view cover every Boggeragh Hill
And the freshening winds in them do have a cool chill
And the cawing of the rooks on the tall trees you do hear
You know that the rain to Duhallow and Sliabh Luachra is near
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The fans of the Saints had a good reason for to brag
When their team came to Town with the Premiership Flag
The red, black and white colors of Koroit on every flag post
The joyous Koroit fans of their club's big win were making the most
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