Francis Duggan

I have been penning stuff since nineteen seventy three
And of the rhyming bug i may never be free
But a rhymer at best is the best i can be
What have i done for rhyme what has rhyme done for me?... more »

What have political parties done for Ireland Labour, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail
The answer to this does seem simple and this is not that much at all
Emigration has been their job solver going way back the decades of time
To other Countries Ireland it has lost so many good people in their lives prime... more »

What have they died for your guess good as as mine
The poor innocent civilians of Palestine
More than eight hundred Palestinian dead compared to over forty Israelis quite an unequal amount
Of the war dead of Palestine they are losing count... more »

What have we got to learn from Nature the more arrogant and ignorant do say
But from the life forms that live all around us we learn something new every day
'Tis not out of love or of passion that the songbird does bother to sing
But to defend his Nesting borders with him song is a territorial thing.... more »

What have we learned from history little if anything
Of war men and war heroes their praises we still sing
Humankind have come far in technology and on the moon surface have trod
And still we fight for our Nation's flag and go to war for our God.... more »

His long deceased father's influence it is with him today
And he likes to repeat what his dad used to say
The racism of the father in the son does remain
The infleuence of our mentors until death we retain... more »

Can one see hope for the future of humanity when the foes of Nature in business and commerce succeed
When our Earth Mother is being raped for her resources by those known for their financial greed
In South America's Amazon Rainforest thousands of acres of trees are cut down every day
The uncalled for destruction of the natural environment for agriculture for to make way... more »

What I dislike in others are things that I only see
In a person I do not know too well the one that's known as me
Since they are the reflection to the dark corners of my soul
The weaknesses in our humaness seems beyond our control,... more »

What i enjoy doing as a hobby many see as a waste of time
The hours that i have spent in penning of rhyme
Since they only look at things in a monetary way
But then such is life as some are known to say... more »

Perhaps of rhyme i have written more than enough
And my rhymes at the best of times a little bit rough
And though this for me has been a poor rhyming day
Addicted to rhyming as a rhymer i will stay... more »

I do know that my rhymes are a bit rough
Or that i never will be seen as good enough
To be honored with the title of a poet
I am not worthy of such literary note... more »

Since i commenced writing rhyming stuff way back in my life's prime
Some four decades of years ago that does seem a long time
I have written near twelve thousand since a lot of rhyming stuff
For forty years a rhymer and for longer a rhyming buff... more »

What I pen to paper may seem a bit rough
But I'm one addicted to penning of stuff
At this time of year one of Nature must sing
A beautiful time of year is early Spring... more »

What i pen to some is doggerel and to others rhyme
And some even tell me I'm wasting my time
In persisting on keeping on penning such stuff
When my best will never be quite good enough... more »

Though many better at sports and bigger and stronger than me
What i would give again for to be twenty three
Playing football with the lads in Coolikerane bog
Or out hunting with Pudsy the gallant brown dog... more »

Sixty six years have passed since my life's journey began
And in the life of a human being in time this is a good span
And since for all of us there is a last night and day
The end of me cannot be that far away... more »

Getting on in years and decades past my prime
And i only live now for to pen one more rhyme
An addictive rhymer i pen every day
Tis just a bad habit i cannot give away... more »

What if are words you hear some people say
Of hopes that they had that for them did not turn out that way
The regrets of what might have been the decades do span
For many a woman and many a man... more »

What if i am one who writes doggerel
One who is destined for the poetasters hell
And to those who say for your rhymes you never receive any pay
You ought to consider giving rhyming away... more »

What if i never see Millstreet Town or Claraghatlea again
Or walk in the old fields in the winds of rain
When the hawthorns are cloaked in their blooms of white to gray
And the nesting birds are singing in the prime of the May... more »

What goes around comes around life is this way
For your sins against others to Karma you must pay
That is if a conviction due to lack of evidence the law does fail
For to sentence you to serve your deserved term in jail... more »

We dislike in others what in our own self we do see
The words of a wise one far wiser than me
Though with such there's many who do disagree
As we all look at things one might say differently... more »

'Tis true what is said of some people that we become what in ourselves we do see
And if you think that you are a failure then a failure you'll turn out to be
Self doubt has become my barrier to success and of such I will never be free
For an example on negative thinking you need not look further than me... more »

What in the heck are we arguing about
You don't like it when your opinions i doubt
You have convinced yourself of a life after death
That life does not end when you draw your last breath.... more »

What is a good person you are asking me
A good person be it a she or a he
Does not differentiate between black, white and brown
And be willing to help out the one who is financially down... more »