Francis Duggan Poems

Conceit and arrogance to the ego are tied
As well as the feelings of snobbery and pride
The down to earth people nowadays in the few
On saying this i am not saying anything that is new
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I have written of people of Millstreet and Duhallow from here far away
And of places i have not seen for many a day
And of the natural beauty that i have seen
In the woods and the old fields that ever look green
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Though the living their deceased friends do never forget
This evening for some will be their last sunset
In Spring never more for to walk in the park of the town
And hear the birds singing just after sundown
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You will find them life's battlers the financially down
In every village and city and town
The people who refuse to believe all hopes of success from their lives has gone
The odds stacked against them but they battle on
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Tony Kelleher in Duhallow was well liked and well known
The man from Murphy's Terrace was one of Millstreet's own
Such sad news out of Millstreet to learn he has passed away
And in the cemetery of St Mary's his last remains lay
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In fancy i see Clara in fogs of rain
And i hear the frogs croak in the watery drain
And i see Finnow bank high in flood waters of brown
Flowing bank high in the old fields close to Millstreet Town
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Though he never does walk in the annual town war war memorial parade
He was a brave soldier where heroes are made
On a retirement pension and feeling mentally down
An aging war hero in a suburban town
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This writing of rhyme for me has been a hungry belly game
To be Claraghatleas's last rhymer my only claim to fame
Addictive in my rhyming habits i pen rhymes every day
I have written lots of rhyming stuff in truth of self i can say
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Wise words that come to us from the days of old
The people have spoken as we have been told
A government to power has been voted in
And the wealthy grow wealthier and the poor never win
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Big egos are everywhere all around me
Though it is said we dislike in others in what in ourselves we do see
If this be so to me this too does apply
That my ego is swollen i cannot deny
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