David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 121 OF 230 Poem 121 of 230:  IRONY IN LANCASTER - AUTUMN 2000 All cut-and-laid stone,     South, from the murky river To the clean canal. (C) Da...

My WalkaboutsVerse #haiku poem, with #photos, "Irony in Lancaster" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/12/poem...

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...

My #travel #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photography, from #Newcastle, on "A Glassy Tyne": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/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 ...

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 Weekly WalkaboutsVerse #poetry blog, e.g., is my #poem "From An Eccles Flat" davidfranks.blogspot.com/p/weekly-wav...

#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...

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...

#SixNations/#SixNations2026 #WALvITA #FRAvENG 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?" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/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...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos from #Paris, "Underdone" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...

#NativeFightback #ThreeLions #Lionesses Win or lose, paying millions for a Dutch or a German to tell us how to play our favourite sport IS a national disgrace; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "#Nationalism Without Conquest" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 6 OF 230 Poem 6 of 230:  THE PICKER While picking onions at Echuca,     Betimes I came across a Man who was, he said, by trade a picker. A compa...

My WalkaboutsVerse poetry on - in an onion field of #Echuca, Australia, where I came across a chap with an arm like a #tennis player/fiddler crab - "The Picker" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walk...

N.E. England Gig - 05.01.2009 Theory Slam - like Poetry Slams except folks present a theory – 7.00 P.M. Monday 05.01.2009 at the Urban Cafe, Dance City, Newcastle. S...

Re #GardenersWorld 13/3/26, good to see Monty growing NATIVE daffodils at Longmeadow; please plant the native flora that our (STRUGGLING) native fauna EVOLVED with - plus veg for food-miles, etc.; more here, with Levenshulme Allotment #photos attached - davidfranks.blogspot.com/2010/10/theo...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 41 OF 230 Poem 41 of 230:  EVEN AFTER LINCOLN, STEINBECK, AND KING Written at a public toilet, by the     Statue of Liberty: “What of Equality, F...

Re #Oscars/#Oscars2026 & "Mr Nobody Against Putin"...how about a "Mr Nobody Against #Trump"? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Even After Lincoln, Steinbeck & King" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/08/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 112 OF 230 Poem 112 of 230:  FROM AN ECCLES FLAT - SPRING 2000 The bedroom window’s southerly views     Contained allottees paying their dues - Al...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "From An Eccles Flat" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 187 OF 230 Poem 187 of 230:  A SOUTH SHIELDS WALKABOUT - AUTUMN 2001 Out of the museum-and-gallery     (Wiser on Cookson and the local way), Down ...

One of my WalkaboutsVerse #travel #poems, with #photos attached, on Google's Blogger, "A #SouthShields Walkabout" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 193 OF 230 Poem 193 of 230:  THE 35TH MORPETH NORTHUMBRIAN GATHERING - SPRING 2002 Toward Morpeth’s Gathering,     Either side of Great North Road,...

#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity With the 58th in April this year, my #poem on "THE 35TH MORPETH NORTHUMBRIAN GATHERING - SPRING 2002" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/05/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 158 OF 230 Poem 158 of 230:  LYTHAM AND ST. ANNE’S - SUMMER 2001 On bus-line 7,     From Blackpool’s station: The homes of St. Anne’s -     Wide,...

#golf My #poem, with #photography, from WalkaboutsVerse, on "#Lytham and St. Anne's, " in #Lancashire, England: walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 92 OF 230 Poem 92 of 230:  PLASTICS Plastics, we so often hear     In environmental fear, Are non-biodegradable     And, wrongly disposed, horri...

Good 21st century fishers are the fantastic folk who fish out "#Plastics" - my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on their pros & cons: walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 163 OF 230 Poem 163 of 230:  ON A CLEAR DAY - SUMMER 2001 Far - the Lakelands behind Blackpool Tower;     Well-ebbed - the ocean and estuary; Odd ...

#lancashirehour My #poetry, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos, from #Southport, #Lancashire, "On a Clear Day" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/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...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on a vist to #Paris as a 21 y.o., with #photos, "Underdone" 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 ...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "#China and #India in 1988" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...

#ClimateCrisis/#ClimateChange My #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on Google's BlogSpot, "In Hands Human" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 36 OF 230 Poem 36 of 230:  WALKABOUT MEXICO In late December,     1996, I can remember     Being in a fix - For time and pesos -     And, thus,...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Walkabout #Mexico" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 105 OF 230 Poem 105 of 230:  GLOBAL REGULATIONISM No income-scale would be unjust -     It’s a matter of degree; And, to have less inequality,    ...

Seems 1 thing #Trump & #Iran's new leader have in common is a lot more wealth than the majority of their fellow humans; whether Muslim, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu, etc., we should ALL oppose the revoltingly inhumane inequality of #capitalism; my poem walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/02/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 146 OF 230 Poem 146 of 230:  HORSES FOR COURSES? To some (in income-anticipation),     Horse baulking, at gates, is a small debase; To me, it seem...

#CheltenhamFestival/#Cheltenham #RSPCA The saying "champing at the bit" is ridiculous as what the horse is keen on is trying to get the damn thing out of its mouth. My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Horses for Courses?" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/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...

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 156 OF 230 Poem 156 of 230:  EASTBOURNE - SUMMER 2001 On the day before the solstice,     I first sighted Eastbourne: A beautiful elegant place - ...

My #poem, with plenty of #photos, on "#Eastbourne" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 36 OF 230 Poem 36 of 230:  WALKABOUT MEXICO In late December,     1996, I can remember     Being in a fix - For time and pesos -     And, thus,...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Walkabout #Mexico" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 114 OF 230 Poem 114 of 230:  CLITHEROE CASTLE’S VIEWS - SUMMER 2000 From outside metres-thick wall     (Down on leafy-grounds grown tall, Then acr...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "#Clitheroe Castle's Views" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 54 OF 230 Poem 54 of 230:  HOBSON’S CHOICE During a daytrip to Cambridge,     My uncle showed the confined space That left punters no choice...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, from visits to #Cambridge, on no-choice/"Hobsons Choice"! walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/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...

We haven't won the #FIFAWorldCup since Alf Ramsey's ENGLISH team beat GERMANY the day I was born in St Mary's Manchester, & now we have a highly-paid GERMAN managing the multicultural #ThreeLions?! & my #poem on the #PremierLeague/greedy foreign farce - walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/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...

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with lots of #photos from #Rome, on #Italy as "A Beautiful Stage" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...