Francis Duggan Poems

I see her again where the wild daisies bloom
By the road out of Millstreet that leads to Macroom
When the hawthorns are white in their blooms of the May
And the male robin sing in the wood far away.
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When all who live now to the reaper have gone
The Goddess of Nature will be living on
Like the Seasons the generations of people they come and they go
But Nature's own Goddess of death will never know,
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You tell me your God is the only God and that your God is great
And against those who worship others Gods you discriminate
And you condemn the non believing infidel
To suffer with Satan forever in hell,
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Of an Earthly Utopia all hope has not gone
The dream of peace and freedom from hunger it is living on
The flower of peace though not blooming it has not yet died
And the dream of Utopia cannot be destroyed
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She was a marvellous woman and people like her are rare
The activist, poet and singer the great Lisa Bellear
Dead in her forty sixth year that seems so young to die
The reaper who claimed her life will claim the life of you and i.
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Words can be so beautiful and words can be so cruel
And for laughter or offence words can be the fuel
So do use your words wisely and use your words with ruth
And though the truth not always easy to speak do always speak the truth.
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The Goddess of Nature is all around me
On the wings of her parrots her beauty i see
Her warm breath in the sunshine in the freshening breeze
And her sweet scenting perfume in her blossoming trees.
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Nothing wrong with him as a person though a bit wild it did seem
Just a young P plate driver who was letting off some steam
With a longing for excitement common for one of nineteen
Of driving too fast on a wet road the danger he had not seen.
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Although we cannot turn back the clock it would be nice again
To run at a good pace down the park in the early morning rain
I never was a good athlete compared to many slow
But my fastest speed far slower today than it was years ago.
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The one with the brown wavy shoulder length hair
The lovely to look at Miss Linda Trevair
Twenty four years old and single in the prime of her life
For some lucky bloke she'll make an attractive looking wife.
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