Francis Duggan Poems

One would think there would be more to life than Collingwood and A F L Football
But to a well known local the biggest thing of all
That he has happening in his life he swears by Collingwood
When they are going well winning games life with him is all good
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John Shaw Neilson of Nature in his verses did sing
Of The Orange Tree and The Little Blue Flower Of The Spring
And The Native Companions Dancing and The Poor Country Out There
Poets like he was as ever remain very rare
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It is true self promotion nowadays the in thing
And many their own praises do like to sing
And the humble an endangered species it would seem
Some even look on humility as a form of low self esteem
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It is said that their numbers are growing ever rare
That climate change is taking toll on the white Arctic bear
That due to a thinning of the ice which makes it harder for them to catch prey
Of drowning and of hunger they are dying every day
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For many life is a great battle an uphill climb all of the way
For the children of very poor parents from their first to their life's final day
For them no such a thing as life choices born for to struggle to survive
For their kind it is an achievement in their fifties for to be alive
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He died in his sixties did not live to be old
But it cannot be said of him that he had a 'heart of gold'
Though a money millionaire he lived as a miserly man
He accumulated over a million in money in his given time span
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I have not seen them for years that is to my regret
But the friends of my past i will never forget
In my memory they remain young their hair free of gray
Though in the flesh they may look different if i met them today
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On the trees of Mount Eccles above Lake Surprise
In the still morning air the white cocky cries
And the whistling of the shrike thrush is pleasant to hear
In September a beautiful time of the year
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The rhymes do come to me on notepaper i pen them down
But not for financial gain or even local renown
Some even tell me i waste far too much of my time
On penning what to them is doggerel rhyme
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Tim Kiely plays for Millstreet Celtic Football Club one who is into sport
And on the Millstreet Website he writes his match report
A Millstreet man who does his bit for the World game of football
And his penmanship pleases many but many is never all.
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