by Rolph David
They dragged him from his rightful place,
With chains of lies, they bind his grace.
A mayor strong, a people's voice,
Now silenced by a tyrant's choice.
His crime? To win where one might fail,
To show that change could still prevail.
But truth is crushed beneath the weight
Of he who rules with fear and hate.
The streets are filled with muffled cries,
Yet protests fall where...
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Sunday 23rd March 2025 4:08 pm
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by Rolph David
O Trump Derangement, thy name we scorn,
A sickness wrought to silence minds,
A label placed to quell the born
Of thought, whose roots may tear the binds.
In wisdom's place, thou offer none—
No cure, no hope, no space for air…
For every voice who dares to run
Against thy crown, thy law, thy glare.
How sweet the word "insane" you say—
A balm for wounds, a mask for fear.
But none shal...
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Saturday 22nd March 2025 6:13 am
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by Rolph David
He leaves NATO, the pact undone,
No ally left to block his run.
Article 5 is cast aside,
No aid, no help, no place to hide.
Greenland waits, a prize to claim,
No resistance, none to blame.
Courts grow silent, power reigns,
No law to stop him, no remains.
Congress bows, the path is clear,
No dissent, no foe is near.
The Constitution torn apart,
A kingdom built from iron hear...
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Friday 21st March 2025 2:27 pm
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by Rolph David
If I were God, no tyrant’s fist
Would strike the world and call it law.
No throne would stand on broken backs,
No crown be forged from cries of pain.
The fattened few who drink from veins
Of those who toil, who starve, who break,
Would wake to find their golden feasts
Had turned to dust upon their tongues.
No child would fade to hollow bone,
No mother beg for crusts of bread,
No fa...
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Friday 28th February 2025 2:42 pm
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by Rolph David
This poem tries to explore the personal and societal consequences of living under a prospecitve dictatorship, where the truth is silenced, and freedom of the press is crushed. Through the fate of figures like Jim Acosta, the poem reflects on the heavy price of speaking out against tyranny and the loss of voice in a world where obedience reigns. A stark warning of what happens when dissent is erase...
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Monday 3rd February 2025 9:24 am
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by Rolph David
A haunting reflection on complicity and silence, Silent Witness tries to capture the slow erosion of solidarity in the face of oppression. With each passing stanza, the weight of inaction grows heavier—until it is too late.
They came in the night, but I turned away,
Not my fight, not my place to say.
One by one, they vanished unseen,
Yet I stood still, my hands kept clean.
When the knoc...
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Sunday 2nd February 2025 5:26 pm
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by Rolph David
The Gilded Fist of Greed is a call to awaken from the suffocating grip of wealth and power. This poem tries to unveil the stark reality of a world held hostage by the few like Musk, Zuckerberg or Bezos et al., as they manipulate nations, control media, and plunder the earth. It warns of the destructive consequences of unchecked greed and the looming threat of totalitarian dominance. Yet, in its co...
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