A little about me
My name is Anthony Walton.
Born and lived on Tyneside, England, nearly all my life apart from a short time working away.But there is no place like home.
Interests in my life are my family, gardening, folk music and writing poetry and short stories.
I have wrote poetry for some time now but only recently have taken to it a lot more.
I have no particular theme in writing poetry as long as it rhymes.
Some of my poems are sad some humorous but I enjoy writing them.
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Music
I can listen to all kinds of music but John Denver is the one I like the most but Folk music comes a very close second with artists like
Christy Moore, Vin garbutt, Jez Lowe, Kate Rusby
Nic Jones, Eleanor Shanley, Coop Bouys & Simpson
to name but a few
I also enjoy Cajun music even though I don't understand French I still like the sound.
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GARDENING
I'm no expert at gardening but still like to try and grow my own flowers and veg.
I have even tried my hand at growing some unusual things, I have had success with growing cotton many different varieties of tomato, okra, & cape gooseberry.
My favorite flower is the carnation
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ME
In the year nineteen hundred and forty five
Is the year I came alive
I then had to obey the rule
In nineteen hundred and fifty I went to school
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I suppose my school days did me no harm
But I left home and went to work on a farm
But for farming I wasn't quite made
Returning home I then learnt a trade
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It was a good trade and very few finer
I worked with wood and became a joiner
Working from building site and shipyard
Nothing was easy the work was quite hard
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Because I had a young family to keep
Bigger wages in factories I did seek
But I've seen my family grow up fine
Now my eldest grandchild is going on nine
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All in all it's been a good life
And standing beside me I have a good wife
As yet my life is not through
There are still hundreds of things I want to do
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