Tony Frobisher
The Orchard (Part 2)
The Orchard Part 2 Forget the oranges and lemons too, The ones we nurtured in those orchards We knew as children, giddy with citrus...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 28, 20181 min read
A Beach at Peace
A Beach at Peace I stand on a beach. The sun is high on a late summer’s afternoon. The sky a cloudless, deep turquoise, Mirrored by the...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 28, 20181 min read
They Called Me Abdul
They called me Abdul They called me Andy Though my name is Akbar They called me Isis They called me a terrorist Though my home was lost ...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 28, 20181 min read
Home.
Home I made it to that beach, A thousand days and nights Clinging to a dream And the sides of a boat. Bailing water to keep afloat....
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 28, 20181 min read
Cross Channel Voices
Cross Channel Voices We'll take a ferry to Calais Spend all our money on duty free We'll take a dinghy to Dover Spend all our money on...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 27, 20183 min read
21 Miles
9 refugees including a 3 year old girl were rescued at 4:30am in the middle of the English Channel yesterday. As more refugees attempt to...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Voices in the Wind
Voices in the Wind Those absent voices Sang clear in the howling winds Louder than memories. _____________________________________ A...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 26, 20181 min read
Last Light
Last Light What do you recall of today As the sun sinks into A horizon of waiting black? Do you remember your First thoughts upon...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 26, 20181 min read
Light, Artificial
Light, Artifical The world is lit by artificial glow But when the reality is darkness We all need artifice to Trick us to happiness To...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 23, 20181 min read
Black Friday Blues
Black Friday Blues (Read One Poem Get One Free "Oh well, Black Friday if you must Everything on sale, reduced, cut price The cutthroat...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 22, 20181 min read
Belfast Hope
Belfast Hope The city enthralled with An enticement of opportunities. An embrace of welcome, Heartfelt and kind. We were not...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 22, 20181 min read
Winter's Leaf
Winter's Leaf A silent leaf Whence tree parted Colour lost and Saddened brown Crisp and brittle With silvered frost Waiting the day It...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 22, 20181 min read
The Heart of Dublin
The Heart of Dublin Strong flowed the Liffey, Arterial, pumping life In Dublin heart. Cross Ha'Penny Bridge The taciturn stop and ...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Morning. Presence.
Morning. Presence. Where were you As the sun rose And I watched alone? Didn't you feel the rising warmth? Didn't you hear the wind?...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Anticipation
Anticipation Waiting in the darkness To watch the dawn. Night's labour revealing Colour reborn. Anticipation hanging in still...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Blank
Blank For your own inscription. Or your empty thoughts. Or maybe your hopes, Dreams and ambitions. Blank is not always, Empty....
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Notes
Notes A type written note Of welcome Feels much colder than A handwritten note Of farewell #departure #farewell #warmth #cold
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 18, 20182 min read
The Snow Is Coming
The Snow is Coming (An English Village) A boy of eight, Hand clutching his younger sister's in a ball of warmth. An excited...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 18, 20181 min read
Shadows
Shadows Shadows fall, An end to light, perhaps. Or an indication, That light and life remain. #light #dark #hope #optimism #shadows
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 16, 20182 min read
BREXIT - This Way
BREXIT, This Way. Goodbye We're leaving EU An exit, really? A way out of a mess That was perceived, construed Viewed through vitriol And...
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