Tony Frobisher
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 28, 20191 min read
Forgive and Forget
What has marked mankind has been a propensity to evil, to warfare, to conflict, to acts of inhumanity. But also the willingness to...
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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 11, 20181 min read
The Sun Wept, Cold (Morning Attack)
The Sun Wept, Cold (Morning Attack) A frozen sun emerged From the grasp of an icy night. Imagined warmth from the glow, But it was just...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 10, 20181 min read
The Guns Have Gone
The Guns Have Gone The guns have all gone And the poppies grow where we fell For we have gone too ___________________________________...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 9, 20181 min read
Send Not Your Men
Send Not Your Men Send not your men We have no more need for them The only sound, dawn-lit chorus birds There is stillness now, a...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 8, 20181 min read
The Poppy
The Poppy A single poppy Bent in sorrowed bitter wind Bowed in remembrance _____________________________ 11/11/18 - 11/11/2018 A...
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 6, 20181 min read
Hope In Darkness
Hope in Darkness (Armistice Centenary Poem) And all around Fields churned to Black and death. Life and colour Bled and drained. The...
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Tony Frobisher
Mar 9, 20181 min read
The Silence of Tears
The Silence of Tears The eyes spoke first Silent with reddened tears That trickled paths to memories Lit by constant sound Of the...
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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
The Medal
A medal, Ribbon and metal. A symbol of memory To years past, To the last days Of fallen friends, Who were taken On beach and in field....
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Tony Frobisher
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Stand...Stood
Stand...Stood What did they stand for The brave who stood tall In face of fear and foe The brave who stood resolute and defiant ...
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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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Tony Frobisher
May 31, 20171 min read
Veterans
In January 2017, aged 96, my Grandad, Ernest Frobisher, received France's highest honour - le Legion d'Honeur - for his part in the...
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Tony Frobisher
Apr 13, 20171 min read
Europe's Shores
Winter stems the frightened tide Frozen into tents afraid to escape they stay and hide Harsh winds blow life's displaced remaining...
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