Tony Frobisher
Where The Poppies Grow
Come lie Where the poppies grow A place to die Where the poppies grow Where the wind meets the question Why? With silence __ Yesterday...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Our Land
Our Land Our land is no land, A land of bullet and gun. Our land is scarred and ruined, A land from which we had to run. Our land is just...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Weathered Beaches
Weathered Beaches Hands buried in armpits, Wrapped up in a Fisherman's friend of A thick woolly sweater. A jumper on the beach, An eager...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Banking in Winter
Banking in Winter They cried into the Darkness of an unlit room as Silence filled the chilly air. The radiators no longer Creaked and the...
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Tony Frobisher
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
Covid / War
Covid / War The day the war came, Covid went away. The fog of war replaced The viral load, and Covid knew it'd had its day. The day war...
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Tony Frobisher
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
War On Social Media
War On Social Media They watched the war on Facebook, Then laughed at all the cat memes. They watched the war on Twitter, In 2 minute...
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Tony Frobisher
- Feb 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Train South From Glasgow (Masks On) / Th' Train Sooth Fae Glascae (Masks Oan)
The Train South From Glasgow (Masks On) We’re all in it Just the same. Except when we’re travelling From Scotland to England, On the...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 30, 2022
- 1 min
Home or Away?
Home or Away? (On Leave or Leaving?) Going abroad For a couple of weeks Bit of sun and sea Chilling out by the beach Going abroad Forced...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 30, 2022
- 2 min
Seaside Demise
Seaside Demise (Under The Greyest of Skies) No one's off to Great Yarmouth For seaside fish n chips, Or stopping over in Rhyll, Where the...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 30, 2022
- 2 min
Bus Trip Britain
Bus Trip Britain There's more of them than us Pojedziemy pieszo czy pojedziemy autobusem? (Shall we walk or take the bus?) And they...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
View From A Park Bench
View From A Park Bench (Hope for the future) There's a young boy, 3 or 4, Delighting as he swings Higher and higher, then Tumbling onto...
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Tony Frobisher
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
Travelling - A Different Perspective
Travelling - A Different Perspective Travel brings its own challenges What to bring, what to leave behind Sun cream and summer top?...
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Tony Frobisher
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Another
Another Another sofa another favour Another just one more night Another thank God you're a life saver Another job interview Another queue...
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Tony Frobisher
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
Manc-Union
Manc-Union I see solidarity Painted on a brick wall. Shining on children's Faces, waving handwritten Placards with heartfelt Messages -...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Universal Declarations*
Article 01: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Walk with me. I was once free, Born into a family Of love...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
Dialectically Opposed
The Geordie Ahm gannin hyem Heading te tha Toon Back up te Newcastle I'll see yee very soon Ahm gannin hyem Back up te the North East...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jul 10, 2021
- 2 min
The Corvids and the Passerines
The Corvids and the Passerines Smoke lingers over Flandrian fields, Where the last vestige Of humanity was lain to waste. And as the...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
Channels and Waves
Channels and Waves Someone has a radio Tuned to static, scanning across Random voices, tumbling words of French, occasionally some...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
Summer Inspirations - Part 3
Cornish Caves The warmth of the sun Teasing the aroma of freshly Mown garden lawns from the Timeless whitewashed weather worn cottages. A...
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Tony Frobisher
- Jun 19, 2021
- 4 min
Summer Inspirations - Part 2
The Passing of Summer Fresh cut grass, Scented sweet peas. Ice creams in a cone, Picnics in the breeze. Tomatoes ripening In a...
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