Francis Duggan Poems

Though not seen as successful and fame i have not won
I did have a good innings when all is said and done
I had a happy childhood and i enjoyed my prime
But the clock keeps ticking on my life and I'm running out of time,
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With dams, creek and lakes quickly drying out water birds are becoming quite rare
Climate change it is so hard on wildlife and weather extremes experienced everywhere
Climate experts they paint a bleak picture tough times for all of life forms ahead
And that of course does include humans when famines could leave millions dead
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The musk duck are interesting creatures i have yet to see them on land
To most other ducks they look different as different as earth looks from sand
Under his bill the male has a fleshy bag which he can so easily inflate
And his short spiky tail becomes erected in his courtship display for his mate
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She liked him because he always praised her verses
And complimented her on her beauty and her shoulder length brown hair
And she was flattered by his interest on her
She valued his friendship as young men like him are rare.
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In any of the major political parties nothing to enthuse about in i do see
And who will be the next Australian Government it matters none to me
Or who will be the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd or the present incumbent John Howard
They both share one thing in common they desire to be empowered
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Our lives are like our gardens we must reap the seeds we sow
And our past it seems to follow us to everywhere we go
For the wrongs I've done to others to karma i must pay
The Universal Consciousness catches up with us one day
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Visiting their son John and daughter Gillian in Sydney John Joe Daly and Helen his wife
I spoke to them by telephone I've known him most of my life
All of the way from Millstreet in Duhallow ten thousand miles or more
They have made the long and tiring Journey to Australia's sunny shore.
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I live far south of Clara and Claraghatlea near Millstreet Town
Where the Finnow from high Gneeves through the old fields journey down
On it's way to the Blackwater through the green old countryside
And though the clock on my life keeps ticking the memories have not died
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John Twomey was a legend when i was a young boy
And to many in Duhallow his verses brought great joy
Back in the fifties to the sixties some forty years ago
I knew him through his poetry though him i did not know.
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The poets they sing about her the artists her do draw
And she lives independently of human kind and she has her own law
And one of the laws of Mother Nature is we all must die one day
Like every other life form for that is Nature's way
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