Francis Duggan Poems

So much to love about in Nature and every day something new we see
Though little i seem to know of her for her secrets she hides from me
But now and then i get a quick glimpse into her beautiful soul
When she is calm and in a relaxed mood and her stronger feelings are under control.
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In Ballarat in lake of Wendouree
So many water birds at all times one does see
The musk duck and the black duck and moorhen
Live in small family groups of four to ten
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In the wood by Mushera Mountain some two decades ago
I worked in all kinds of weather in wind, sun, frost rain and snow
Felling spruce and pine trees for a living so much per ton i got paid
In a job one more than earned every penny that one made.
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In her late teens and so attractive and all things about her so sweet
And she looked as fresh as the Spring wildflowers that bloom in the fields of Millstreet
She seemed unaware of her beauty and unpolluted by conceit
But when she left her Townland in Duhallow her i was never more to meet.
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She asks her mum about her daddy where's daddy mum she say?
Your daddy is in heaven dear in heaven far away
He went off to the war dear his body in the grave
But we ought to be proud of him he did die very brave,
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I've had my moments of self loathing and I've had my moments of self doubt
But penning stuff is such great theraphy and one is never short of things to write about
Tis not for wealth that i keep on writing or for recognition or fame
And if some dismiss me as a poetaster it should not mean i should hide in shame,
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An evening in September the weather dry though cool
And people out jogging, walking and cycling on the beach road at Warrnambool
And above the calm ocean in the west the sun going down
A mile or maybe even less from the famous sea-side Town
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The slander mob are out there calling you out of name
Those into public shaming only bring on themselves shame
And character assassination is such a shameful thing
The praises of muck rakers only muck rakers sing.
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I first fell in love with her more than fifty years ago
My green Goddess of Nature the only God i know
The presence of her beauty surrounds me every day
In praise of Mother Nature words i don't have to say,
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On what has gone wrong in the World we all have our own bit to say
Yet on who does Govern the Nation not all of us do have our way
And Government policies we do not agree with to our anger well may be fuel
But those things we have to put up with and such is majority rule
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