David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"...
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Great for tropical fish & sunsets, photo of Freedom Beach, Phuket, Thailand; 8/12/2024.
My #travel #poetry, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos of #Christchurch, on #NewZealand/"Aotearoa": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 31 OF 230
Poem 31 of 230: AOTEAROA Separated, I again perceived New Zealand: The strong Maori culture - Rangi and Papa, Plus the ha...
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January 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
My #travel #poetry, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos of #Christchurch, on #NewZealand/"Aotearoa": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, from a visit in 1988 to #Berlin, with #photos added from a return in June 2024, "Through What Was" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 17 OF 230
Poem 17 of 230: THROUGH WHAT WAS During Europe’s summer, ‘88, At a wall my bag was checked: A brief smile at what gave it weight......
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January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, from a visit in 1988 to #Berlin, with #photos added from a return in June 2024, "Through What Was" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry on "#Robots" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 86 OF 230
Poem 86 of 230: ROBOTS In factories, I’ve spent sometime Working machines Whose goods should rhyme - Moulding machines, ...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry on "#Robots" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walk...
#AusOpen/#AusOpen2026 Largely enjoyed the #KooyongClassic, including good commentary, BUT instead of playing AMERICAN pop/rock/(c)rap at changeovers, why not Aboriginal sticks/chants/didgeridoo? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "Land Rights" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 76 OF 230
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...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
#AusOpen/#AusOpen2026 Largely enjoyed the #KooyongClassic, including good commentary, BUT instead of playing AMERICAN pop/rock/(c)rap at changeovers, why not Aboriginal sticks/chants/didgeridoo? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "Land Rights" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
#Anglesey My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "#Holyhead & Surrounds" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 165 OF 230
Poem 165 of 230: HOLYHEAD AND SURROUNDS - SUMMER 2001 The vivid heaths backed by Snowdon, The water-filled “Giant’s Divots,” And t...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
#Anglesey My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "#Holyhead & Surrounds" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walk...
Re #clubbing & the famous Side, my #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on "THE QUICK CLUBBERS’ TROT IN #NEWCASTLE" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/06/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 184 OF 230
Poem 184 of 230: THE QUICK CLUBBERS’ TROT IN NEWCASTLE - AUTUMN 2001 Fridays/Saturdays, Latish in the night, Bringing a smile, ...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Re #clubbing & the famous Side, my #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on "THE QUICK CLUBBERS’ TROT IN #NEWCASTLE" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/06/walk...
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My #travel #poem, on Google's BlogSpot, from WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, with #photos attached - "#Warrington Museum and Library": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/walk...
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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January 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My #travel #poem, on Google's BlogSpot, from WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, with #photos attached - "#Warrington Museum and Library": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/walk...
Tip - a beanbag on the end of a bed makes a comfy alternative to a sofa &, of course, saves space; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on where I've lived - "Centres" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 56 OF 230
Poem 56 of 230: CENTRES The pleasant river-plain of Didsbury - Left seeing gain for my sister and me; The well-planned heart ...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Tip - a beanbag on the end of a bed makes a comfy alternative to a sofa &, of course, saves space; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on where I've lived - "Centres" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with lots of #photos from #Rome, on #Italy as "A Beautiful Stage" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 16 OF 230
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...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with lots of #photos from #Rome, on #Italy as "A Beautiful Stage" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos from #Paris, "Underdone" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 13 OF 230
Poem 13 of 230: UNDERDONE At the age of twenty-one, Art and culture were just done. At the age of twenty-one, Adventure and sport wer...
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January 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos from #Paris, "Underdone" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "#China and #India in 1988" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 20 OF 230
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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January 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "#China and #India in 1988" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
#Travel My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on - particularly good for sporting antiques, including auld #golf clubs & putters - London's "Portobello Road" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/08/walk...
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#Travel My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on - particularly good for sporting antiques, including auld #golf clubs & putters - London's "Portobello Road" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/08/walk...
#ClimateCrisis/#ClimateChange My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on Google's BlogSpot, "In Hands Human" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 202 OF 230
Poem 202 of 230: IN HANDS HUMAN Grey genetics - With more-and-more people; Or organics - With human birth-control? (C) David...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
#ClimateCrisis/#ClimateChange My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on Google's BlogSpot, "In Hands Human" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk...
#AnimalRights #AnimalCruelty Apparently, a growing number of sensible Spanish are, also, against - my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos - "Toreo" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 15 OF 230
Poem 15 of 230: TOREO I’m a fan of the Spanish way - I like their houses, art and food; But there is one thing I must say - T...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
#AnimalRights #AnimalCruelty Apparently, a growing number of sensible Spanish are, also, against - my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos - "Toreo" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #song on #Sydney, with #photos, "Fondly & Vividly" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 123 OF 230
Poem 123 of 230: FONDLY AND VIVIDLY/AN OLYMPICS-SPARKED MEMOIR SONG - AUT. 2000 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF A-MAJOR: C#2 A2 B2 c#2 d2 d3 c#1...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #song on #Sydney, with #photos, "Fondly & Vividly" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/walk...
One of my #poems from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photography, in Newcastle, "Upon Armstrong Bridge" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 178 OF 230
Poem 178 of 230: UPON ARMSTRONG BRIDGE - AUTUMN 2001 Upon Armstrong Bridge, Above Jesmond Dene (River and ridge, Surrounded by...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
One of my #poems from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photography, in Newcastle, "Upon Armstrong Bridge" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/walk...
One of my #poems from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos, in Newcastle, "A Glassy Tyne" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 179 OF 230
Poem 179 of 230: A GLASSY TYNE - AUTUMN 2001 Near glassy-classical new Law Courts, Viewed from the snazzy Millennium Bridge, Refle...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
One of my #poems from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos, in Newcastle, "A Glassy Tyne" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on barter/haggling, "Moods More Nice" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 215 OF 230
Poem 215 of 230: MOODS MORE NICE As haggling Tends to cause Some wrangling, Seeing price Tends to cause Moods more nice....
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January 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on barter/haggling, "Moods More Nice" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...
#PoetryLovers My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Rotating Shifts" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 227 OF 230
Poem 227 of 230: ROTATING SHIFTS There will always be places That need to be staffed Twenty-four hours a day, But I think it’s...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#PoetryLovers My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Rotating Shifts" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with plenty of #photos, on the botanical garden in #Birmingham, "Bit of Each" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/06/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 62 OF 230
Poem 62 of 230: BIT OF EACH By coach then bus, from Manchester, A fine place I did reach - The Birmingham Botanical Gardens a...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with plenty of #photos, on the botanical garden in #Birmingham, "Bit of Each" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/06/walk...
Why on Earth can't #MUFC ever employ a Mancunian/Northern ENGLISH manager, rather than a Scotch or someone from the continent? More broadly, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on the #PremierLeague/greedy foreign farce "Reregulate" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 98 OF 230
Poem 98 of 230: REREGULATE One "Premier" world-eleven v. Another such company/ Or wage-caps, and most of each-club’s squad Fr...
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January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Why on Earth can't #MUFC ever employ a Mancunian/Northern ENGLISH manager, rather than a Scotch or someone from the continent? More broadly, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on the #PremierLeague/greedy foreign farce "Reregulate" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity All my "Chants from Walkabouts", plus my Weekly WalkaboutsVerse #poem, e.g., may be found at this communal #poetry site - writeoutloud.net/profiles/dav...
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January 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity All my "Chants from Walkabouts", plus my Weekly WalkaboutsVerse #poem, e.g., may be found at this communal #poetry site - writeoutloud.net/profiles/dav...
My Weekly WalkaboutsVerse #poetry blog, e.g., is my #poem "To See an Uncle, Again" davidfranks.blogspot.com/p/weekly-wav...
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Poem 189 of 230: TO SEE AN UNCLE, AGAIN - WINTER 2001/2 Leaving the broad scenes of England’s North East, From corner to corner, by coa...
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January 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
My Weekly WalkaboutsVerse #poetry blog, e.g., is my #poem "To See an Uncle, Again" davidfranks.blogspot.com/p/weekly-wav...