David Franks

@WalkaboutsVerse
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Anthropology major/did farm, factory & office work/sport, nature & travel 📸, poetry & music...Life’s work (poems, songs & pics): http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com
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Poem 167 of 230:  WITHIN CHESTER CATHEDRAL’S CLOISTERS - SUMMER 2001 After a wall-view     Of the neat city; Off a square in squares,  ...

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Poem 20 of 230:  CHINA AND INDIA IN 1988 China and India:     Dense populations both; But China is, by far,     Much more humane - my ...

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Poem 83 of 230:  ACTS How policy gets into place Is an issue that all states face:     It happens democratically     (All of-opinion - ...

Since I wrote this, our Mail has also been privatised, sadly. My #poem, from WalkabousVerse, re #utilities, "Oh, Please Renationalise" http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walkaboutsverse-226-of-230.html
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Poem 226 of 230:  OH, PLEASE RENATIONALISE Less able to move workers     To the site of a harsh storm, Far too-lengthy power-cuts,    ...

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Poem 208 of 230:  THE BOTTLES ON THE WALL I would say, overall,     From using libraries And viewing galleries,     The twentieth centu...

#WorldEnvironmentDay #SpringWatch As sung at Newcastle's Green Festival a few years ago, my WalkaboutsVerse #song, with #photos, "Just Subsist" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/02/walkaboutsverse-101-of-230.html
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Poem 101 of 230:  JUST SUBSIST (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: D2 F#3 G2 F#3 G2 A3 G2 G3 D2 A3 A2 G3 F#2 G3 G2 G3 D2 B3 B2 A3 G2 A3 G2...

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Poem 63 of 230:  ON YORK AND CHESTER Each with a strong city-wall,     York and Chester I would call - Neatly conservational. (C) Dav...

Re (Sir - if a monarchist) Garth Southgate's concern for mental health, #ThreeLions selection, & ALL/#BlackLivesMatter, wonder how many competent Englishmen missed out if he was following Sven's trend of always having 1/2 a squad of African-origin? My poem https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walkaboutsverse-84-of-230.html
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Poem 84 of 230:  NATIONALISM WITHOUT CONQUEST Everything in moderation..?     Well, with “nationalism” it’s true - It can carry unique c...

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Poem 16 of 230:  A BEAUTIFUL STAGE If a couple, with plans to wed,     Asked me, off the top of my head, On somewhere I thought well in...

From WalkaboutsVerse, with a #photo, "ENTRÉE/AT BOLTON’S ALBERT HALL: #OPERA #SONG - WINTER 2000/1" http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/walkaboutsverse-130-of-230.html
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Poem 130 of 230:  ENTRÉE/AT BOLTON’S ALBERT HALL:  OPERA SONG - WINTER 2000/1 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR: G2 A2 B2 c3 B3 c2 d2 c2 B3...