Francis Duggan

If you drive through South Gippsland on the South Gippsland Highway

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

A stone throw from the ocean of wide beaches with miles of strand
One of the quiet beauty spots of this great Southern Land.
I’ve travelled to quaint places off of the beaten track
But it is the lure of Venus Bay that always brings me back
The beach there never crowded and miles of open space
It is well worth a visit it is such a lovely place.
The last time I was in Venus Bay a couple of years ago
Up from the sunlit ocean a warm Summer wind did blow
The beach it was deserted the tide was rolling in
And the sea spray felt refreshing in my hair and facial
skin.
This Summer I must visit Venus Bay in January maybe
One of the quietest and prettiest places in South Gippsland by the sea
Relaxing for the body and soothing for the soul
Just a stone throw from the Village where the surf waves beach-wards roll.

Francis Duggan

This morning early on a blackwood tree on the roadside the gray butcherbird piped his song

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

He is such a beautiful songster he pipes to proclaim his territoryOther male birds of his kind stay clear of his borders since there’s none more aggressive than he.The butcherbird sings on the roadside his notes in his own kind instil fearHe will fight to defend his borders in his song the message is clearIn…

Francis Duggan

I’ve spent fifteen years out here how time does fly

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

But in Ireland since another Spring gone byAnd a flight ticket back home I could not afford to buy.I vowed to myself that I’d go home last SpringIn May when skylark o’er the moorland singBut money scarce so here I had to stayAnd I could not go home to greet the May.This morning early a…

Francis Duggan

Sing old John a song of his Hometown of Fishguard in Wales by the sea

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

With his wife Jenny and their only child Garett who then only had just turned fourThey went south to sunny Austrealia thousands of miles from their Homeshore.His wife she is with the departed she passed on a few years agoA victim of intestinal cancer her end it was painful and slowHe took care of her…

Francis Duggan

Though Brazil has the class and Brazil has the flair

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

‘Tis more about Nationalism than ’tis about sportSo any team as such i do not support.The top soccer players are paid millions a yearAnd stories of their greatness we are obliged to hearMillions in money for just chasing a ballIt hardly does seem for to make sense at all.When people are homeless and dying of…

Francis Duggan

From the look out point on Mt Eccles you look down upon Lake Surprise

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

In one of the volcanic parts of the Southern Grampians volcanoes that were active many centuries agoOn the stony face of Mt Eccles trees to a great height never grow,Not many do visit Mt Eccles from the nearest big Town remoteAnd little is written about it as it is not seen as a place worthy…

Francis Duggan

It shouldn’t matter if you win or lose

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

Be fair to others and give all a fair goAnd never call another out of name.You are judged by your achievements and little elseAnd I ask you what’s achievement any way?For every winner thousands have to loseBut so few judge you on the way you play.And what is success I am asking you?To such in…

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