For My Years Of Life

For my years of life i have little in knowledge to show
And of the ways of Nature and people so little i can claim to know
And as we do live we do learn every day
In life we never stop learning as the wise one did say
Success can be relative would you not agree
And you can only be the best that you can be
Make the World better to live in by becoming a better woman or man
And those in need of helping do help them if you can
Like all other life forms we are born to die
A mere fact of life and fact never lie
Though she may not be aware of her mortality
The old cow in the paddock is no less a mortal than me
In knowledge and wisdom i have some way to go
Though my biological clock is becoming my foe.

The Rhymers

They rhyme into old age long beyond their lives prime
The rhymers they never do run out of rhyme
Though their physical best years of life are long gone
The rhymers love rhyming and they do rhyme on
They add to their numbers of rhymes every day
With rhyming words rhymers they do have a way
Most literary critics dismiss rhymers as unworthy of note
And never afford to them the title of poet
But since the rhymer to rhyme into life has been born
He or she never pay heed to the critics scorn
The rhymes keep coming to them on notebook they write them down
Though they live as strangers to wealth and renown
The rhymer will rhyme till the day he or she die
To say otherwise would be telling a lie.

Barn Swallows

From their mud nests in shed and barn rafters in the green countryside
Barn swallows do travel by sky to Countries far and wide
And above deserts and oceans return home to breed in Spring
Their long journeys to say the least quite an amazing thing
From the countryside they first flew in the light of day
To Winter in warm climates they fly to lands thousands of kilometers away
And in the northern Spring return to their home-place to breed
The marvels of Nature are quite amazing indeed
In October in mid Autumn with the first signs of the coming Winter about
In flocks they leave their home-places for their long journey south
And in April to their birthplace they return to breed again
The amazing wonders of Nature as a mystery remain
Barn swallows by sky from their birth-places travel far
The wonders of Nature how amazing they are.

Millstreet's Brown Haired Beauty

Her shoulder length hair it was wavy and brown
The sloe blue eyed beauty of old Millstreet Town
But the wanderlust in her in Duhallow she did not stay
And she left her first home for a Land far away

Millstreet's brown haired beauty where might she be today
In anti aging creams and hair dyes does she cloak times wrinkles and gray
I wonder did she marry bear children or as single remain?
She left Millstreet by Clara never more to be seen there again

The years take care of everyone as some are known to say
She left Millstreet when the hawthorns wore their white blooms of the May
In her early twenties in the late fifties near sixty years ago
To all that is young and beautiful time becomes the foe

In late Spring in showery weather she walked in the drizzling rain
With her suitcase to the Station to board the morning train
In Millstreet in Duhallow never more to be seen there again
But what is a loss to one Town becomes another Town's  gain. 

Tomorrow For Me

Tomorrow for me will be another day
And i hope to wake from sleep in the dawning cool and gray
When the birds chirp and sing in the freshening breeze
Just before sunrise on the bushes and trees

In Nature in this sunny Land of the South
There is always so much for one to rhyme about
In latter November in the southern Spring
How pleasant to hear the birds whistle and sing

The home of rosella and magpie and the black and the white cockatoo
And of koala and wallaby and kangaroo
Of pittosporum, eucalypt and wattles trees that are widely known
One might say of them they are Australia's own.

The artists and writers by this great Land inspired
Of singing Australia's praises one never grows tired
Of an old race of people that are so old in time
They have long predated human history and they have outlived rhyme

Every day in Nature so much to learn of and see
And i do hope that tomorrow will dawn for me
For like all other mortals death is my destiny
In some future time whenever that will be.

Those Who Believe That All People Are Equal

Those who believe that all people are equal sadly to themselves only lie
When in the World every day many of malnutrition slowly die
If everybody were equal there would be none in poverty
And since this will never be the case there will never be equality
So many are homeless and quite poor for every financial millionaire
Who can blame the one hungry and poor for saying that life is quite unfair
To be hungry and without a home to live in from life should not be anyone's due
Though that death makes all equal one day does only happen to be true
From where the poor and jobless live in the poor suburb of the big town
It is a long way to success and even further to renown
Those who say all people are equal believe on a fair go for all
Though good and honorable in their words and in their thinking nothing small
When they say all people are equal they have it wrong or so it does seem to me
The poor and homeless of Poverty Street with them i am sure would not agree.

The Key To The Door Of Success

It is true what is said about money it can prove a huge test for friendship and love
Of all things in life seen as important it does seem it rises above
If you are one who is short of legal tender your friends in the World are few
When i say money is quite important i am not saying anything that is new
The praises of the financially bankrupt anyone never wishes to sing
It is true to be lacking in money for the ego is not a good thing
Money and fame are related at least this is how it does seem
It is a fact many poor people do suffer of low self esteem
The wealthy people that we know of receive all the credit to them due
Those who tell you money is not important are not telling you what is true
Without it you cannot buy the ticket to travel to places far away
Without it you are treated as inferior despite what egalitarians say
It is true what is said about money those with plenty of it many do impress
It surely does speak every language and is the key to the door of success.