Francis Duggan Poems

Most writers 'twould seem have moments of self doubt
But they never go short of things to write about
And to become a top writer of one a big ask
And to succeed as a writer for many seems too daunting a task.
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Perhaps the greatest tennis player the World has ever seen
She had won nine Grand Slam tournaments before she was nineteen
Till her marvellous tennis career was prematurely ended in such a tragic way
Thrown from her horse her foot was crushed that's life as some might say.
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When i was a young fellow and that's going back in time
John Twomey the master wordsmith was Duhallow's Prince of Rhyme
And the travellers in their horse drawn vans they travelled far and wide
On the main roads and the by roads of the green old countryside.
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Like most for every friend you have you surely have a foe
And like most the ups and downs of life you too have come to know
And it would seem from your address and your side of the town
For you tis a stiff uphill climb to success and renown,
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An email from a fellow for years i had not seen
A schoool friend from the past decades the likeable Frankie Reen
His daughters now young women and time keeps ticking on
On looking back the decades where have the years to gone?
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The great Goddess of Nature is the one true God for me
I feel i sense her presence in every bush and tree
You may dismiss me as an atheist since to your God i do not pray
But what you think of me is your own business and with me that seems okay
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The blueness of the saltwater the white waves rolling free
In my wild flights of fancy the ocean i can see
The silver gulls and black backed gulls above the white beach cry
And the sun is shining brightly in the clear and sunny sky,
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For some life is a hard journey it is uphill all of the way
And every day of life for them is just another day
Of struggling for survival but still they battle on
The ray of hope remains with them that all is not lost and gone
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The Boggeragh hills white in January snow
In ancient Duhallow where the Blackwater flow
Through that old flat countryside by Derrinagree
On it's way through North Cork on it's way to the sea.
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May your last day be your hardest you have heard that said before
And here's to the great gift of life tis well worthy of an encore
You may feel old and weary and have lost your sexual drive
But otherwise you are in good health just feel glad to be alive.
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