Francis Duggan Poems

When negative people have power they seek to conquer and divide
They refer to the flag of the Nation as a symbol of courage and pride
A big speech at the war memorial where respect by them to the war dead is paid
By their false show of patriotism their foundation to power has been laid
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White butterflies with dark brown spots on their wings their type around these parts not rare
So very beautiful for to look at dancing in the warm Summer air
The goldfinches sing in the sunlight and on the red flowering gum tree
The rainbow lories gathering nectar are a thing of great beauty to see.
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Old Jack at the corner he is his own man
With a mind of his own his type do seem quite rare
He does not have a political party he does not talk sport
But he is kind hearted and with others he share.
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In Point Smythe quite close to Venus Bay
From where i am now in distance far away
The kangaroos known as the eastern gray
In the paddocks graze in the gloaming of the day,
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Few go through life without making a foe
And you cannot like everyone you do know
Though your friend tomorrow can be your foe today
And such is life as some are known to say.
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Swollen by heavy rains that melt the mountain snow
Bank high by Millstreet Town the old Finnow flow
A river that will flow till the end of time
That has inspired poets to song and to rhyme,
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Most writers 'twould seem have moments of self doubt
But they never go short of things to write about
And to become a top writer of one a big ask
And to succeed as a writer for many seems too daunting a task.
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Perhaps the greatest tennis player the World has ever seen
She had won nine Grand Slam tournaments before she was nineteen
Till her marvellous tennis career was prematurely ended in such a tragic way
Thrown from her horse her foot was crushed that's life as some might say.
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When i was a young fellow and that's going back in time
John Twomey the master wordsmith was Duhallow's Prince of Rhyme
And the travellers in their horse drawn vans they travelled far and wide
On the main roads and the by roads of the green old countryside.
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Like most for every friend you have you surely have a foe
And like most the ups and downs of life you too have come to know
And it would seem from your address and your side of the town
For you tis a stiff uphill climb to success and renown,
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