Francis Duggan Poems

When Callanan penned his famed lines on Gougane Barra the lust of wander was in his young mind
He thought of the great beauty all around him the beauty he would be leaving behind
His health not good he needed warmer climate in Portugal the weather mostly fine
Far away from places he loved such as Gougane Barra he went to there for health mending sunshine
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He is not interested in music, dancing, singing or art or literature
Though of football he is a big fan
On Saturday evening after the game he drinks with his mates at the Local
The fellow known as The Ordinary Man
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The sun in the gray clouds is hidden on this cool though pleasant March day
And the silver bill magpie is piping his song to his identity a give away
The swallows fly low o'er the parkland where they are flying insects abound
It is said that in cool changeable weather their food source flies close to the ground
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The best two hundred meters swimmer in the World four or five years ago
But that his best is behind him it well may be so
In his comeback to swimming he was not in the race
At the Australian two hundred meters Olympic Trials he did not swim a place
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No point in complaining that life is unfair
When none wish to hear you and none seem to care
And they will tell you we have cares of our own
And far greater problems than yours we have known
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The morning was drizzling the sky gloomy gray
But sun has shone through it is a beautiful day
The songs of the magpies floating in the breeze
And the weather temperatures near perfect around twenty degrees
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You may pray to your God somewhere up there beyond the sky
Where when you draw your last breath your soul to will fly
But even for a soul with strong wings such a journey seems far
You may struggle to get there from where you now are
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Those who with their words choose to put others down
Are surely not an asset to their side of the town
They highlight their own failings by behaving in such a way
Their kind never grow wise they just grow old and gray
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Like everyone has i am one who has a past
And only the good memories of what was we do wish to last
The bad and sad memories we've known we wish to forget
Just like the old saying goes one lives to regret
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Money speaks every language as we have been told
And i would like to grow happier and healthier and wealthier as i grow old
But it is said what we are due from life we receive
If on such a philosophy you do believe
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