Francis Duggan Poems

This great gift of life is such a wonderful thing
To walk in the park where Nature's birds do sing
And hear the familiar sound of the freshening breeze
Soughing ever gently in the bushes and trees
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Dogs are so honest they cannot pretend
And than your dog you have not a greater friend
For as long as your dog lives your dog will love you
Dogs to their favourite human friends are always true
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Joan Cronin nee Noonan ofCoolinarne died at ninety eight years
Her many friends and her family have farewelled her in tears
To her late husband Denis a devoted wife
A great grandmother she was a good person who lived an honourable life
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They are not in any community organizations or members of any sporting club
And they drink on their own when they are in the pub
They do not have a leader their problems to voice
Outsiders by nature and outsiders by choice
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Where I used to live when my hair was dark brown
Today I would be a stranger to many near and in Millstreet Town
I have not been there for some thirty three years
And for what used to be I have shedmy last tears
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To it there is always a joyful ring
Laughter it is such a wonderful thing
One has to feel for the sad sacks of the town
Never smiling and looking sad and feeling down
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Billy the ex shearer balding and grey
He is now showing the wear of time's decay
His craggy wrinkled features from years of sun brown
In his travels he has drunk in pubs in many a bush town
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For global warming in the World it is not poor people's shame
The greedy wealthy for this are those for to blame
Oil wells and coal mines have created many a billionaire
These are so damaging to the natural environment as all would be aware
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In the sunny mostly blue sky just a few clouds of grey
It is such a beautiful September day
The countryside lush and green after early Spring rain
With such weather anyone should not complain
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Some of his memories he has lived to regret
The things in his past he would rather forget
The mistakes in a second chance he would rectify
But one cannot change what has happened in decades gone by
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