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 WalkaboutsVerse #poem "Above #Everest"/Chomolungma (Tibetan)/Sagarmatha (Nepalese) - which Kami Rita Sherpa, from Nepal, has climbed 31 times! walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 23 OF 230
Poem 23 of 230: ABOVE EVEREST When flying from Nepal to Thailand, I was given a “good-side” seat; And, as I looked out the plane wi...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem "Above #Everest"/Chomolungma (Tibetan)/Sagarmatha (Nepalese) - which Kami Rita Sherpa, from Nepal, has climbed 31 times! walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, on Google's BlogSpot, following my visit in 1988 to #Kashmir, "High Houseboat" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 22 OF 230
Poem 22 of 230: HIGH HOUSEBOAT When in India, I headed north For the Himalaya. Up, by train then bus, To Kashmir - It was ...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, on Google's BlogSpot, following my visit in 1988 to #Kashmir, "High Houseboat" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My #poem, from a WalkaboutsVerse visit to, in southern #Sydney, with a painting by my late father, "The Camellia Gardens" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 9 OF 230
Poem 9 of 230: THE CAMELLIA GARDENS In Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, There’s a relaxing place to see: It’s called the Camellia Garden...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:46 PM
#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity My #poem, from a WalkaboutsVerse visit to, in southern #Sydney, with a painting by my late father, "The Camellia Gardens" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walk...
#RoseParade My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos recently added, on "The Tournament of Roses" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 38 OF 230
Poem 38 of 230: THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES Having, mostly, enjoyed my visit: Walking and busing along the coast, A Hollywood film in ...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
#RoseParade My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos recently added, on "The Tournament of Roses" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...
Rather than all the #charity ads trying to get money of ordinary people, we may accept others having say 10 times more but NOT the 100s or 1000s of times more that #captalism entails; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Tax" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 91 OF 230
Poem 91 of 230: TAX The flouting statement is rife - How death and taxes are The two certainties of life. And both, to be sure, d...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Rather than all the #charity ads trying to get money of ordinary people, we may accept others having say 10 times more but NOT the 100s or 1000s of times more that #captalism entails; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Tax" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
#Ashes "Test cricket" is not cricket - if a batsman has an air-swing, he is okay but, if good enough to at least get and edge, he will probably be out; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Dot-Ball" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 145 OF 230
Poem 145 of 230: DOT-BALL Like A "strike,” ...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
#Ashes "Test cricket" is not cricket - if a batsman has an air-swing, he is okay but, if good enough to at least get and edge, he will probably be out; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Dot-Ball" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/walk...
Why on Earth can't #MUFC ever employ a 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 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Why on Earth can't #MUFC ever employ a 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...
#Venezuela #Greenland #UnitedNations Anyone else starting to worry that brash #Trump, with his gigantic ego, may decide we should all die with him, & manage to hit the nuclear-button as his health deteriorates? My #poem, with #photos, "There is a U.N." walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 218 OF 230
Poem 218 of 230: THERE IS A U.N. Why does the U.S. Have O.S. bases Of influence when There is a U.N.? (C) David Franks 2003 ...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:14 AM
#Venezuela #Greenland #UnitedNations Anyone else starting to worry that brash #Trump, with his gigantic ego, may decide we should all die with him, & manage to hit the nuclear-button as his health deteriorates? My #poem, with #photos, "There is a U.N." walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...
My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on trips, many years ago, from "#Adelaide to #Sydney" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 28 OF 230
Poem 28 of 230: ADELAIDE TO SYDNEY Coaching Adelaide to Sydney Was always the method for me - Due to a somewhat cheaper fee; B...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on trips, many years ago, from "#Adelaide to #Sydney" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
#GardenersWorld Re #houseplants, my song, with #photos, "In A Small Pot" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 141 OF 230
Poem 141 of 230: IN A SMALL POT (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: D1 F#1 F#1 F#2 G1 F#1 E1 E2 D1 E1 E1 E2 F#1 E1 D1 D3) I like Acer...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
#GardenersWorld Re #houseplants, my song, with #photos, "In A Small Pot" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/walk...
Re #RickSteinsAustralia (BBC), good that, since I repatriated in 1997, Aborigines are better respected with, e.g., captions showing "Gadigal Country" on screen, BUT bad there has been record amounts of #immigration such that they are outnumbered even more 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 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Re #RickSteinsAustralia (BBC), good that, since I repatriated in 1997, Aborigines are better respected with, e.g., captions showing "Gadigal Country" on screen, BUT bad there has been record amounts of #immigration such that they are outnumbered even more walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
#RSPCA #ChesterZoo Re #zoos & re-educating zoologists, I accept captive breeding & release can save species BUT, respecting EVOLUTION, such #conservation, rehabilitation & education should be done (my WalkaboutsVerse #poem) "IN SITU" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 203 OF 230
Poem 203 of 230: IN SITU When faced with a critical view, A zoo’s main raison d’être is - The conservation of species; But ...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
#RSPCA #ChesterZoo Re #zoos & re-educating zoologists, I accept captive breeding & release can save species BUT, respecting EVOLUTION, such #conservation, rehabilitation & education should be done (my WalkaboutsVerse #poem) "IN SITU" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk...
#WritinginJanuary #PoetryCommunity My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on "The Plastics of #Poetry" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/05/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 200 OF 230
part four (cont.) FURTHER NORTH (conclusions) Poem 200 of 230: THE PLASTICS OF POETRY As melt to shot (Right on the spot, Or f...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
#WritinginJanuary #PoetryCommunity My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on "The Plastics of #Poetry" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/05/walk...
Re Laguna #Phuket, e.g., developing housing on disused tin-mine land is one thing BUT capitalists cutting down native forest for yet more condos & villas is another; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "Overcome" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 77 OF 230
Poem 77 of 230: OVERCOME Variety’s a spice of life - Crucial to which is culture; Yet, as the world moves further “right,” Cu...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Re Laguna #Phuket, e.g., developing housing on disused tin-mine land is one thing BUT capitalists cutting down native forest for yet more condos & villas is another; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "Overcome" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
Re ubiquitous fish farming, #whaling by Japan, Iceland & Norway; plus scallop dredging & fly fishing, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "On #Fishing Regulation": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 204 OF 230
Poem 204 of 230: ON FISHING REGULATION It’s not just what’s-taken That needs regulation: Alive, caught fish suffer - Sometimes...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Re ubiquitous fish farming, #whaling by Japan, Iceland & Norway; plus scallop dredging & fly fishing, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "On #Fishing Regulation": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walk...
One of my #poems, from WalkaboutsVerse, from a flat in #Bury, Greater #Manchester, on Google BlogSpot, "Sky Views" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 128 OF 230
Poem 128 of 230: SKY VIEWS - AUTUMN 2000 From a council-flat in Bury, Through a wide window, I see - Landing on neighbouring tiles...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
One of my #poems, from WalkaboutsVerse, from a flat in #Bury, Greater #Manchester, on Google BlogSpot, "Sky Views" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/walk...
Re #Venezuala, etc, worse than in his 1st term, the lack of respect #Trump is showing for our #UnitedNations IS disgraceful, & it should be moved to the home of our world's lingua franca - England, perhaps eating into just a bit of London's great parkland walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 218 OF 230
Poem 218 of 230: THERE IS A U.N. Why does the U.S. Have O.S. bases Of influence when There is a U.N.? (C) David Franks 2003 ...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Re #Venezuala, etc, worse than in his 1st term, the lack of respect #Trump is showing for our #UnitedNations IS disgraceful, & it should be moved to the home of our world's lingua franca - England, perhaps eating into just a bit of London's great parkland walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk...
With plenty of #pics attached, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on "Joys of Life" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 229 OF 230
Poem 229 of 230: JOYS OF LIFE Leightons, and other great art; Plumes of fireworks at night; The vivid reds of sunrise - Repea...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
With plenty of #pics attached, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on "Joys of Life" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #peom from a visit to #Fiji, "Mazda" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 29 OF 230
Poem 29 of 230: MAZDA In Nadi, Fiji, beside the airport, There’s a course where I played a game. I was met by a young Fijian lad, ...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #peom from a visit to #Fiji, "Mazda" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...
Before dying of #AIDS, Freddy Mercury engaged in high-risk sexual behaviour &, highly likely, passed it on to many; he was a crude #immigrant writing crude lyrics for Queen who should NOT be popular. My WalkaboutsVerse poem on "Immigration's LEFT & RIGHT" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 75 OF 230
Poem 75 of 230: IMMIGRATION’S LEFT AND RIGHT L etting people E nter a state F or factors like T error through hate. R ewarding those...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Before dying of #AIDS, Freddy Mercury engaged in high-risk sexual behaviour &, highly likely, passed it on to many; he was a crude #immigrant writing crude lyrics for Queen who should NOT be popular. My WalkaboutsVerse poem on "Immigration's LEFT & RIGHT" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...
#RedZone The modern #PremierLeague & #NFL have, at least, one thing in common - they need regulating towards more LOCALS in more MEANINGFUL competition; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "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 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
#RedZone The modern #PremierLeague & #NFL have, at least, one thing in common - they need regulating towards more LOCALS in more MEANINGFUL competition; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "Reregulate" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #song, on Googles BlogSpot, with #photography, "Tees to Tyne - first impressions" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 162 OF 230
Poem 162 of 230: TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: E3 F#1 F#1 E2 D2 E3 F#1 F#3 F#3 G1 G1 ...
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January 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #song, on Googles BlogSpot, with #photography, "Tees to Tyne - first impressions" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on #Google BlogSpot, "#Manchester - A Gist" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 57 OF 230
Poem 57 of 230: MANCHESTER - A GIST Sports, large warehouses and merchants are the gist - A centre for distribution and trade, Plu...
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January 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on #Google BlogSpot, "#Manchester - A Gist" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/walk...
Re #CountryFile 4/1/2026 looking at help for the High Brown Fritillary, more broadly, please plant the native flora that our native fauna EVOLVED with; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "A Good Life" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 95 OF 230
Poem 95 of 230: A GOOD LIFE For fauna, Home-flora. Falconry - Starve or free? Hatched-cocoons For silk looms. Kosher and...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Re #CountryFile 4/1/2026 looking at help for the High Brown Fritillary, more broadly, please plant the native flora that our native fauna EVOLVED with; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "A Good Life" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, ad-free on Google's BlogSpot, questioning whether "#History Is A Foreign Country?" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...
WALKABOUTSVERSE 152 OF 230
Poem 152 of 230: HISTORY IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY? History is a foreign country? Reading Chaucer’s ‘Tales one can see - In brilliant w...
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January 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, ad-free on Google's BlogSpot, questioning whether "#History Is A Foreign Country?" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...