Poem 71 of 230: ME AT 33
Gandhi-glasses with twelve-years of wear,
Clubfoot, slight scoliosis, thin hair;
I have a goatee, am built quite lean,
And in golfing-clothes I’m mostly seen.
Single/once divorced, with no children -
Except one sponsored with World Vision.
Back in Manchester, my place of birth -
On that World Cup day, for what it’s worth.
Sound at exams, moulding, travel, sport -
At home when wishes are fairly sought.
And I am a didactic being -
Having seen much needless suffering.
(P.S: I hope a stronger U.N.
Replaces the need for such "Vision.")
(C) David Franks 2003
Gandhi-glasses with twelve-years of wear,
Clubfoot, slight scoliosis, thin hair;
I have a goatee, am built quite lean,
And in golfing-clothes I’m mostly seen.
Single/once divorced, with no children -
Except one sponsored with World Vision.
Back in Manchester, my place of birth -
On that World Cup day, for what it’s worth.
Sound at exams, moulding, travel, sport -
At home when wishes are fairly sought.
And I am a didactic being -
Having seen much needless suffering.
(P.S: I hope a stronger U.N.
Replaces the need for such "Vision.")
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Me at about 33 years old |
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| Me at about 43 - taken at Newcastle's Green Festival |
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| Me, from my laptop, at almost 53 |
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| St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester - my birthplace on 30/7/66; 29/5/17 |
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| Saint Mary's from Whitworth Park; 29/5/17 |
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A selection from London's National Portrait Gallery.
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| National Portrait Gallery; 26/6/15 |
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| Bernard Law Montgomery by Frank Salisbury |
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| W.G. Grace - attributed to Archibald John Stuart Wortley |
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| Likely Shakespeare by John Taylor |
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| Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance |
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