Tony Frobisher
Sea Fearing
Sea Fearing Fearing every wave, The swell, a watery grave. Dinghies and destinies. Salt water stings, Whimpers and screams join The cruel...
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Tony Frobisher
Aug 27, 20201 min read
The Language of Clouds
The Language of Clouds Borderless, wind drifters. Across the divide they look Up to the drifting white; The cloud journeys begin,...
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Tony Frobisher
Sep 23, 20191 min read
Went Missing (The Refugee)
Went Missing (The Refugee) Candle lit and memory burnt, Flames thrown and forgotten words. Lives silenced, voices unheard, Darkness...
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Tony Frobisher
Jan 2, 20191 min read
Solid, Liquid
Solid, Liquid Solid was the bullet sound The bombs and screams of hate Liquid was the blood-flow The tears and uncertain fate Solid was...
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Tony Frobisher
Dec 5, 20181 min read
Footsteps
Footsteps The shoreline approaches Sun glinting off the cobalt sea Fringed by yellowed sands, The tide ripping at the boat. The heat of...
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Tony Frobisher
Dec 5, 20181 min read
Surfacing
Surfacing I could see the surface, Rippling in inviting sunlight. Yet darkness surrounded me And I failed to breathe. For my last breath...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 29, 20181 min read
Leave - These Broken Walls
Leave - These Broken Walls Born and raised In a house of warmth and memories. Forty years infused with the smells of tobacco and...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 28, 20181 min read
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 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
Oct 10, 20182 min read
Flick The Switch
Flick The Switch Flick the switch An engine starts An angry roar Against those charged With nothing more than The desire to live...
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Tony Frobisher
Aug 5, 20181 min read
I Saw Faces
I Saw Faces I saw faces That faced the sea Hope pulsing with trembling desire Racked with desperate uncertainty I saw faces That...
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Tony Frobisher
Feb 1, 20181 min read
Home and Heart
Home and Heart Home Where the heart is But what use is your heart When you have left your home Because it is broken to ruin ...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 21, 20171 min read
Under Stars and Clouds
Under Stars and Clouds The saddest sight Passing by with ne'er a sound Alone adrift under silent cloud To walk cast out into the wind...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Freedom Is Belonging
Freedom Is Belonging There is loneliness in freedom But would you still crave freedom Fighting for a right to be free If it resulted...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 4, 20171 min read
The Orchard
The Orchard A face forlorn, resigned, but a flicker of hope Refugee seeking refuge from winter’s cold And searing summer heat Set adrift...
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