Francis Duggan Poems

For the winner 'tis not easy to be humble since victory does taste so sweet
And as for the one who did not win 'tis hard to be gracious in defeat
In a World of winners and losers the winners only seem to count
And the tag of the gallant second to nothing does seem to amount,
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The wealthiest person in the place far from financial renown
And the poorest one is very poor in the poor Country Town
Where everyone knows everyone your business not your own
And even family secrets by everyone else known.
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Those who target and maim and kill civilians are not freedom fighters
We ought to make that one straight
They are only misguided lunatics
Who are possessed by mistrust and hate
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'Tis not how financially well off or the make of your car
That says anything of you the person you are
Material things from others may place you apart
But one's greatest asset is kindness of heart,
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Don't tell me of how great you are to say that not for you
For self praise it is no praise only happens to be true
Just leave it up to others for to say how great you are
Self adulation as you know doesn't ever get one far.
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George W Bush you gutless bloke what sort of a man are you
To any sort of principle you never could be true
Whilst others fight and die for you under guard you hide away
You cannot walk out like a free man in the bright light of day.
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No such a thing as a clean war as all wars are much the same
And another chapter has been written in the book of human shame
And what has happened at Abu Ghraib prison has happened many a time
Suppose that's what happens when so called prison warders do not see torture as a crime.
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On the power cable above the roadway I hear a goldfinch sing
His song to many country people is a familiar thing
A pretty bird to look at his song one often hear
In the Spring and the Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
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I've been in love with Nature ever since I was a boy
And a walk in Nature's quiet places is always a thing of joy
In woods and Land for Wildlife the wild birds chirp and sing
And the beauty that lives in Nature is an amazing thing
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Music is one of the foods of the soul
It lives in the World from the north to the south pole
Along with the music people dance and sing
And to a sad heart happiness it does bring
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