Francis Duggan Poems

Back there in Liscreagh in the fields of Millstreet
Where the Cails from Kippagh and Finnow waters meet
The white breasted dipper he bursts into song
Where the fast flowing rapids go babbling along.
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On the Millstreet Town web site at the Cullen weigh in
Connie Tarrant's wife Noreen second prize she did win
In her photo her smiling face i instantly did know
I was at her wedding to Connie two decades ago.
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Those who are cruel to animals to humans too will be cruel
To the callousness in them it can be the fuel
Those who beat their dog another person too can beat
Though sooner or later their come uppance they meet.
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Their beauty sad to say will not last long a few days to live that is all
The white butterflies in the garden on this warm day in the Fall
So little time in their bloom of beauty to mate and lay their eggs and to fly
Around the wildflowers and the flowering bushes when the sun shines bright in the sky
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Back there by the old Finnow river the pink breasted male chaffinch sing
And the white breasted dipper sings in the rapids and the first wildflowers of the Spring
Are blooming by the hedgerows and in the sheltered places and new leaves sprout on the deciduous trees
And the old fields becoming much greener and the Wintery chill has left the breeze
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Of course there is always Powerball a nine million to one chance of a division one win
And though the odds may be stacked against you for to win you have got to be in
And the battling woman has a ticket for the jacxpot draw on thursday night
And if she is the lucky big winner she will celebrate until daylight,
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It is a changed Ireland the Ireland of today
Going by what i do read and of it what others say
For it has been two decades since I've seen Erin's shore
And heard the birds singing in old Claramore.
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Though some people do not believe in live and let live
Those who have sinned against us we must try to forgive
For any grudges you bear causes spiritual decay
And eats the compassion that is in you away,
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Niall Kelleher of the Station Road a young man i used to know
He died of a terminal illness going back five years ago
Perhaps in his early forties then his spirit still lives on
He lives in the hearts of those who knew him though the life from him has gone.
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You say your god is the one true god of that how would you know
For that your god is the one true god what proof have you to show
If others say their god is the one true god does that mean they are wrong?
If there is any god at all to god all does belong
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