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
#AFCONfinal My light-hearted WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on (approximating!) "Moroccan Tea" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walkaboutsverse-94-of-230.html
WALKABOUTSVERSE 94 OF 230

Poem 94 of 230:  MOROCCAN TEA Here’s a hint     Concerning mint: It’s very brief,     Just pick a leaf From the backyard,     And wa...

With #photos recently added from a 2nd trip, my #travel #poem, in WalkaboutsVerse, on #Google BlogSpot, "Colourful #Llandudno" - http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walkaboutsverse-166-of-230.html
WALKABOUTSVERSE 166 OF 230

Poem 166 of 230:  COLOURFUL LLANDUDNO - SUMMER 2001 Seated within the Greenery,     Looking up, from a plate of toast (Reddened with be...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem from a 1996 visit - with #photos added from a second visit this year - to "The Polynesian Cultural Centre" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walkaboutsverse-32-of-230.html
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Poem 32 of 230:  THE POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTRE North, on the warm island of Oahu,     There’s a really good place to see: The Polynesi...

My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photography, on, in North East England, "#Cullercoats" http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/05/walkaboutsverse-194-of-230.html
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Poem 194 of 230:  CULLERCOATS - SPRING 2002 Cullercoats’     Harboured boats, Caved crescent,     And classic Metro-sound -     On a...

I think I've put plenty into my repatriation but have been treated worse than economic/CAPITALIST #immigrants, AND the #ThreeLions have not won the #FIFAworldcup since my birthday in St Mary's Manchester; my #poem on "Repatriating - Australia to England" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walkaboutsverse-228-of-230.html
WALKABOUTSVERSE 228 OF 230

Poem 228 of 230:  REPATRIATING - AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND I toast sliced-bread before frying -     Nigh full-English; I like to sunbathe in win...

Re #clubbing & the famous Side, my #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on "THE QUICK CLUBBERS’ TROT IN #NEWCASTLE" http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/06/walkaboutsverse-184-of-230.html
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Poem 184 of 230:  THE QUICK CLUBBERS’ TROT IN NEWCASTLE - AUTUMN 2001 Fridays/Saturdays,     Latish in the night, Bringing a smile,   ...

#Iran #Cuba Better if the family #Trump repatriate to either Scotland or Slovenia & make way for America to be run by a Council of Native Americans/Amerindians/First Nations; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "Land Rights" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walkaboutsverse-76-of-230.html
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Poem 76 of 230:  LAND RIGHTS If there is a good thing,     From the Second World War, It’s that most peoples learnt     To conquer l...

#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My #travel #poem, on Google's BlogSpot, from WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, with #photos attached - "#Warrington Museum and Library": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/walkaboutsverse-120-of-230_06.html
WALKABOUTSVERSE 119 OF 230

Poem 119 of 230:  WARRINGTON MUSEUM AND LIBRARY - AUTUMN 2000 Local-, foreign- and natural-history,     Plus a clock-and-painting gallery...

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Poem 31 of 230:  AOTEAROA Separated, I again perceived New Zealand:     The strong Maori culture -     Rangi and Papa,     Plus the ha...

#WARCAS I think the changes made from Rugby Union to Rugby League have made it a better game - but I'd go further: my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "One #Rugby?" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walkaboutsverse-99-of-230.html
WALKABOUTSVERSE 99 OF 230

Poem 99 of 230:  ONE RUGBY? With sixth-tackle, knock-on and touchline hand-over -     No scrums, line-outs, rucks or mauls; The rest (t...