Francis Duggan

The young woman from Mullumbimby In South Gippsland won’t grow old

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

In northern New South Wales the climate warmer by five degrees or so
In parts of the high Country of Victoria in Winter they have snow.
The young woman from Mullumbimby feels homesick in the south
Since she came to live in Gippsland she says she has found out
How much she loves the sub tropics she will be home by Spring
When the figbird and pied butcherbird have their sweetest notes to sing.
The young woman from the cane country is only twenty two
With hair as golden as ripened corn and eyes of duck egg blue
Bronzed from the warmer climate she makes friends easily
And by those who know her she’ll be missed from Inverloch by the sea.
The young beauty from Mullumbimby she has a lovely smile
A warm and friendly person free of conceit and guile
But she’ll be back home by September when blossoms adorn the fruit trees
And the weather warm and pleasant around twenty five degrees.

Francis Duggan

She runs up the street in the morning as dawn’s lamp has just brightened the sky

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

The hill in our street is a steep hill I hear her pant as she jogs byAnd she and her son they ignore me though a few times to them I said hi.She does not seem to have a weight problem and she does seem a serious athleteAnd she jogs along at a good pace…

Francis Duggan

Farewell to the young women I used to know

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

Some of them are ageing grandmothers todayAnd some of them childless and single did stay.Farewell to the first feelings of love I knewThough the one that I loved to another was trueShe did not know I loved her ’twas better that waySince I’ve always found words like ‘I love you’ so hard for to say.Farewell…

Francis Duggan

You tell me you support the so called just war where thousands of people have died

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

Where many of the injured must live with limbs missing perhaps they’d be better off deadWe only hear one side of the story and of the victims little said.We only hear one side of the story and you believe all they tell youBut have you ever thought to ask yourself that all you hear may…

Francis Duggan

Northern New South Wales and South Queensland referred to as the sub tropics

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

For nine months of the year these places warmDepends on how warm you like it to be.Yet you ask one who comes from a colder climateAnd it’s more likely that he or she will sayThat they find the sub tropics far too warmAnd in such places for long spells could not stay.I’ve never been further…

Francis Duggan

I feel worn out, my legs feel tired, been walking all the day

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

And everywhere the answer no the answer much the sameWe are sorry mate there are no jobs here but leave your phone number and name.I’ve been retrenched due to circumstances beyond my controlAnd I’m too proud too proud a man to apply for the doleAnd all I ask for is a job a job of…

Francis Duggan

By the flatterers his ego has been fed

Byammarkhan May 10, 2020May 10, 2020

That he is one who stands out from the crowdThough many women think him vain and loud.He is a real sucker for flatteryAnd there is none so gullible as heIn believing what the insincere to him sayHis so called friends games with his feelings play.He has that smug look that’s born of conceitWhen he walks…

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