Francis Duggan Poems

He retired from his job on his sixty fifth birthday
But he did not enjoy the work free life
And he died just nine months into his retirement
To be mourned by his family and his wife.
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A beautiful bird is the bullfinch
Though a fine song he does not have to sing
By the poets not one celebrated
As a voice of the Northern Spring.
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Will you love me when I'm ninety when I'm unsteady on my feet
Will you put your hand in my hand when we shuffle down the street
Or will you have left me for one younger found a new love in your life
For many years now we've been happy together as man and wife
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The pride of Australia's first people here's something of which we can brag
Red and black with a big moon of yellow the great Aboriginal flag
It should be the flag of Australia with the stars of the Southern Cross
That we tend to overlook Indigenous history and culture for us all seems such a sad loss.
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No doubt a descendant of Eugene Barrett the Aubane Barretts a famous clan
A champion amateur boxer and a very successful young man
He is climbing up in the rankings in the sport of the fisticuff
And as a young Aubane Barrett he surely will be good enough
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He abused his powers though in that he had a choice
For all wrongs against others there is a huge price
For to pay to Karma that is Karma's way
And though Milosevic is deceased the price he did pay
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I sing not of the celebrated I sing of the unsung
And I sing not of the legends in the days when I was young
I sing of the quiet achievers my toasting glass to them I raise
Of every unsung hero or heroine I'll gladly sing their praise
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The flute like notes of the grey shrike thrush so pleasant to hear
He must know the first day of Spring it is near
For the last week of Winter this is a nice day
The Goddess of Spring less than a week away
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The flowers that bloometh in the urban garden
Make beautiful the small green garden tree
And city flowers in their full bloom look lovely
As beautiful as you might wish to see.
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It belong to the maple family
And it's common name Japanese Maple Tree
And it's leaves for maple seem so very small
And the tree itself doesn't grow to be very tall.
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