Our Humble Local Poet Poem by Francis Duggan

He never will be famous in the bigger World out there
Since he is not seen as special and his type are not rare
Of every local success he has been blessed to sing
And he in turn is applauded for him such a good thing.

In the confines of the Parish one seen as worthy of note
And he is one referred to as our 'Humble Local Poet'
Of his book of 'Local Verses' three hundred copies he did sell
Yet the pompous literary critics dismiss his poems as doggerel.

In the local pub one in the limelight every saturday night
The poems that made him famous to his fans he does recite
At the end of his performance the applause for him is loud
He will always be the darling of the local bar-room crowd.

For to be a World known writer of such he does not day-dream
Though to be known as the Parish Poet Laureate is good for his self esteem
To the pompous literary critics a poet he will never be
But to the people of the Parish no other Wordsmith as great as he.