WalkaboutsVerse

Born in St. Mary's Manchester the day we won the FIFA World Cup, my family were (well treated) #TenPoundPoms (BBC); I went on to study Aboriginal "Land Rights" at Adelaide Uni., before "Repatriating: Australia to England" - these & all my #poems here walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com

As with Marco Polo, I'd rather drink coconut-water than wine...maybe not a good fortified wine?! My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, on coconuts & other tropical fruits, from my travels "Through South-East Asia" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walkab…

My Walkaboutsverse #poem, with #photos, "Whalley Abbey...What Tales?" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/walkab…

#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/david…

My Weekly WalkaboutsVerse #poetry blog, e.g., is my #poem on "Paradigms" davidfranks.blogspot.com/p/weekly-wav.h…

#PoetryLovers My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Anthropological Socialism" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walkab…

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, on Google's BlogSpot, with a #photo & a digital (folk) art illustration, about my only marriage/divorce "Wax - Between Cotton and Leather" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walkab…

Have Richard Gere &/or Julia Roberts apologised for, in #PrettyWoman, presenting prostitution & huge inequality in such a positive light? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "Rodeo Drive" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walkab…

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 "King of Kings" is on the tele, by the way - with John the Baptist stirring things up.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Morning Ian from mostly-cloudy Manchester, for the Playlister, I'm not a monarchist, but did another royal, King Henry VIII, compose "Greensleeves," or did I not deserve raised-eyebrows after performing it at an English folk-singaround a few years ago?!

Good morning. It’s Friday and a ‘good’ day to have a go at listening all morning to Essential Classics with me @BBCRadio3. Three and a half hours of great classical music, laced with a little bit of fun. My doppelgänger is at the scene this morning to tell us more…

My WalkaboutsVerse #song - with plenty of #photos of scenic spots - about #swimming (just!) from, in Australia, Victoria to N.S.W. - "State to State" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walkab…

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, plus #photos, "Within #Chester Cathedral's Cloisters" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walkab…

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, about the walled-cities - "On #York and #Chester" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/06/walkab…

#Diversity? #JasmineRenovation Spain needs another El Cid (or El Cid!?) to stop English, Germans, etc., pricing young Spanish couples out of the property market, & ruining native trad culture, for #APlaceInTheSun; my #poem "Nationalism Without Conquest" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walkab…

#travel #wanderlust #destinations My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "China & India in 1988" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walkab…

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Morning from sunny Manchester, Ian. I'd like to hear the obvious Playlister today - Tchaikovsky’s "Swan Theme" from Swan Lake; & I'd like my BBC licence fee to goto LOCAL New Generation Artists only, please; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "More Amor Patriae" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/walkab…

After a pretty noisy Broadcasting House this week, I’ve arrived in a much quieter building today to bring you a morning @BBCRadio3 bursting with great music. Details from you-know-who…

Re #PinkMoon #FullMoon 1/4/2026, my WalkaboutsVerse #haiku #poem, with #photography, on seeing a Harvest Moon, "Awoken" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/walkab…

#SkyAtNight Re #PinkMoon #FullMoon 1/4/2026, my #haiku #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #moon #photography attached, "Through the Night": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/walkab…

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos added after a return visit last year, "Walkabout #Mexico" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walkab…

Of course we should accept same-sex couples, but NOT them adopting children, whose rights MUST come first. My WalkaboutsVerse #poem "FROM 20TH-CENTURY SEXUALITY" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walkab…