David Franks: Walkabouts Verse

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2012-01-29T10:45:00.000-08:00

(My Weekly WalkaboutsVerse, E.G., is my song "Lancashire Sung Simply" - link above-right or below.)

NAVIGATION

As well as the Page Links above-right, plus the Gig List below, I've created several alternative sites for accessing my work (and you may email me at david1franks@yahoo.com):

Most of the info. here, including my Weekly WalkaboutsVerse, E.G., is, alternatively, in a fully-linked e-scroll at davidfranks.webs.com;

Plus all my verses and tunes are in fully-linked e-scroll format at walkaboutsverse.webs.com or, in blog-style, at walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com as well as myspace.com/walkaboutsverse/blog - with Weekly WAV, also;

The title and a link, along with others, to my Weekly WAV are on twitter.com/davidfranks, facebook.com/walkaboutsverse, and profiles.google.com/walkaboutsverse

You may hear a selection of my repertoire, view videos and peruse pics, etc., at myspace.com/walkaboutsverse
(I'm also at youtube.com/walkaboutsverse; and, with recordings of my 18 "Chants From Walkabouts," plus other poets - writeoutloud.net/profiles/davidfrankswalkaboutsverse);

Furthermore, I've self-published an A4 paperback "Walkabouts: travels and conclusions in verse" and the, related, C.D. "Chants From Walkabouts" (see "Gigs/Purchases Info.", above right);

Finally, any Gigs will be posted on my MySpace profile and as Twitter tweets (links above), and as blogs, with some postscript information, below (use "Older Posts" or "Blog Archive" links for the rest)...

N.E. England Gig - 15.11.2010

2010-11-15T12:21:00.000-08:00

Poetry performance on Northern Lines event – 6.30 P.M. Monday 15.11.2010 at the Lit. & Phil., Newcastle upon Tyne (near train station).

P.S: it wasn't just poetry readings at this event - one chap read a couple of 50 word (no more/no less) short stories!

N.E. England Gig - 06.11.2010

2010-11-06T12:27:00.000-07:00

Theory Slam - like Poetry Slams except folks present a theory: 3.30 - 4.30 P.M. Saturday 06.11.2010 at the The Sage, Gateshead, NE England.

P.S: this was my winning Theory Slam, as part of B.B.C. Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival...

CUT CAPITALISM

After introducing myself, David Franks, as a repat. born the day Alf Ramsay's English team won the World Cup of football; plus mentioning David Cameron's approach to the fine economic mess over-the-border Blair and Brown, among others, got us into:

We can fix the budget deficit, and level our Goliath-like inequality, with one sling stone - taxation of the rich. And there'd be no brain-drain from our nation if and when the United Nations finally respects native land rights, and makes all economic immigration (which is synonymous with capitalist immigration) illegal from now on.

And, as for capitalism itself, what some get for their hours work compared with others is ridiculous and inhumane, so, if we like fair competition, we don't like the free market. The better way is to accept that we humans are competitive, and have strong regulations to make that competition as fair as possible - with humane safety-nets; and the best way to regulate large facilities is to nationalise them.

Or, if your prefer it in verse from my collection WalkaboutsVerse -

"GLOBAL REGULATIONISM

No income-scale would be unjust -
It’s a matter of degree;
And, to have less inequality,
Regulations are a must.

For, in Millennium’s status quo,
The pay-gaps for human work,
And what’s obtained simply as a perk,
Are wrong - inhumanely so."

Or, if you prefer it from Shakespeare in Measure for Measure - "Liberty as surfeit is the father of much fast."
Or, if you prefer it from Steinbeck in Grapes of Wrath -
"Business is glorified theft."

Thus, the Statue of Liberty, in Paris and New York, should be renamed the "Statue of Regulationism," and the newly-formed Tea Party should be dissolved.

And speaking of tea, the People's Republic of China, which I enjoyed visiting in 1988, now needs a socialist revolution to get rid of what seems to be the "Chinese Capitalist Party," and the revolting inequality its producing - to the point where Chinese are now buying into our free-market club football, which should, rather be regulated back to how it was: mostly locals in MEANINGFUL competition.

To sum up, then, in our "pursuit of happiness" (the theme of the festival), we should cut capitalism, because fair-competition requires strong regulations NOT freedom; and, unlike Castro at the U.N.!, we only have 3 minutes, so thanks for listening.

(It, along with the other Slams in this Cafe Culture event, should be broadcast on Radio 3's Night Waves, early next year.)

N.E. England Gig - 06.06.2010

2010-06-06T05:53:00.000-07:00

A brief spot at Newcastle upon Tyne's Green Festival, in the Green Tent, Leazes Park (near the city centre), during afternoon of 06.06.2010.

N.E. England Gig - Broadcast 25.02.2010

2010-02-25T05:52:00.000-08:00

Just a few hours left to hear my "Free Thinking," Sage Gateshead, Theory Slam talk on the BBC's iPlayer, via the, Radio 3, Night Waves page.

N.E. England Gig - 04.01.2010

2010-01-04T05:52:00.000-08:00

Theory Slam - like Poetry Slams except folks present a theory – 7.00 P.M. 04.01.2010 at the Urban Cafe, Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne.

ANYONE FOR TENNIS?

Further to some of my verses on tennis; I played A-grade juniors - football, also - with a clubfoot, have studied ergonomics, plus watched and analysed the game quite a lot. However, I tend now to question females playing tennis, as - unlike table tennis - it does put a lot of strain on the racket-arm..?

(Work In Progress - details will be posted later.)

N.E. England Gig - 24.10.2009

2009-10-24T05:50:00.000-07:00

Theory Slam - like Poetry Slams except folks present a theory – 4.00 P.M. Saturday 24.10.2009 at the The Sage, Gateshead, NE England.

P.S: this Theory Slam "will be recorded for future broadcast in Radio 3's Night Waves" (BBC website)...see Newer Posts/Gigs.

N.E. England Gig - 18.04.2009

2009-04-18T05:50:00.000-07:00

Spot on the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering Concert - 6.30 P.M. Saturday 18.04.2009 at the Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

N.E. England Gig - 05.01.2009

2009-01-05T05:49:00.000-08:00

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.

SUMMARY OF NATIVE-GARDENING TALK – 2009 THEORY-SLAM

"Green"/eco-friendly gardening is native gardening, and vegetables, plus other consumables, should be the only exotic-flora we plant or hybridise - as doing so can help limit food-miles, etc. By filling our other garden spaces with natives, we use less water and other resources, whilst aiding the native-fauna that, over the centuries, evolved with them. (Even high-nectar exotics, such as Buddleia, that are very attractive to some native-fauna, should be avoided, because they upset nature's/God's balance – God created evolution, too, that is.)

Our green gardens, with their vegies and natives, can be made still-greener by the addition of compost heaps/bins; a wildlife pond – for native frogs, newts, and so on, rather than exotic goldfish; bee- and bird-boxes, plus carefully-selected regularly-cleaned feeders; rain- and grey-water butts; by growing everything organically - including thrifty home-propagation, plus species-swapping; and by leaving some lush neglected patches, decaying branches, etc.

P.S: whilst our selection of indoor plants is, logically, not as critical to the ecology of our greater environment, I still choose natives, such as English ivy/Hedera helix.

N.E. England Gig - 17.12.2008

2008-12-17T05:48:00.000-08:00

Entrant in Northern Lines, one-off, Christmas Poetry Slam – 6.30 P.M. Wednesday 17.12.2008 at the Lit. and Phil. Library, Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 16.10.2008

2008-10-16T05:48:00.000-07:00

In the three-minutes each, knockout, “Bare-Knuckle Poetry Slam” – 8.00 P.M. Thursday 16.10.2008 at The Cumberland Arms, Byker, Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 24.09.2008

2008-09-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

North East Poetry Journal readings by those published therein - 7.00 P.M. Wednesday 24.09.2008 at Lanchester Community Centre, Co. Durham.

N.E. England Radio-Gig - 25.07.2008

2008-07-25T05:46:00.000-07:00

Anyone’s Words radio poetry performance on NE1fm (found at 102.5fm) – 4.00 P.M. Friday 25.07.2008 (reach-out across Newcastle & Gateshead).

N.E. England Gig - 25.06.2008

2008-06-25T05:45:00.000-07:00

Poetry performance (with recorder and singing) on Northern Lines event – 6.30 P.M. Wednesday 25.06.2008 at the Lit. & Phil., Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 17.01.2008

2008-01-17T05:44:00.000-08:00

Ten-minutes on the Ten by Ten performance-poetry night - 8.00 P.M. Thursday 17.01.2008 at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 07.01.2008

2008-01-07T05:43:00.000-08:00

Theory Slam - like Poetry Slams except folks present a theory – 7.00 P.M. Monday 07.01.2008 at Mayfield House, Temple Street, Newcastle.

(Work In Progress - this is a brief summary of my speech.)

FORSAKEN FOOTBALL:

Internationals should be between NATIONALS; and, if managers are not important to the COMPETITON, why foreign managers? Also, not that long ago, club-football, in England, e.g., was mostly-locals in MEANINGFUL competition; and, as I suggested in WalkaboutsVerse 98 of 230, should be regulated back to that way.

Furthermore, when I was a junior, females were not participating in football (many were, rather, involved in non-contact netball), and, having watched some Women's World Cup football, I tend, again, to agree with how it was..?

N.E. England Gig - 21.05.2007

2007-05-21T05:42:00.000-07:00

A set on the Ekko Words performance-poetry night – 7.30 P.M. Monday 21.05.2007 at The New Three Mile Inn, Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 23.04.2007

2007-04-23T05:42:00.000-07:00

A set on the Ekko Words performance-poetry night – 7.30 P.M. Monday 23.04.2007 at The New Three Mile Inn, Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 12.10.2006

2006-10-12T05:41:00.000-07:00

Ten-minutes on the Ten by Ten performance-poetry night - 8.00 P.M. Thursday 12.10.2006 at The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle.

N.E. England Gig - 21.05.2006

2006-05-21T05:38:00.000-07:00

A set on the John.Birmingham Cup post-competition concert – 8.00 P.M. Sunday 21.05.2006 at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle.