Poetry in the form of songs has been used to get across political messages for years, so why should it be any different when the medium has changed? The issue most strongly felt online seems to be censorship, so of course, there are poems talking about censorship issues.
Today is a black day Not black as in bad, though it is bad Not black as in sad, though it is sad But black as in blackout. as in nothing, the absence of light, of hope
From the poet's words, it is easy to visualize the black marks of a censor's pen.
Once we roamed this network freely A proud and strong people Now we cower here Wearing virtual ribbons and writing poetry Which itself will soon no longer be heard
He uses strong imagery to garner sympathy for the people who sit there struggling against the censorship with nothing more than ribbons, and virtual ribbons at that: not even something "real" to show.
However, having portrayed the online society as being oppressed by the censorship of those who "do not understand," he then makes a realization ("We exist in an unknown land/The future/And in that land we always roam freely") which is echoed by all the others around the world who realize that together they have more power than the censors could ever hope for. The poem has all the strong elements usually found in protest songs.
(The rest of the poem is definately worth looking at, since it has more effect taken as a whole.)
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