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R.J. Schwartz, American poet dressed in a black suit, silver tie, and top hat, his head is tiled forward, grey beard, menacing look on his face

Normal Was The First Casualty

February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 R J Schwartz 257 Views 0 Comments algorithmic control, architecture of oppression, authoritarian systems, blue code symbolism, civic decay, civilization breakdown, collapse of normalcy, collapse of truth, controlled chaos, cultural disintegration, digital authoritarianism, digital dystopia, dystopian poetry, fire and rebirth metaphor, future dystopian literature, information warfare, loss of individuality, mass compliance psychology, modern totalitarianism, Normal Was the First Casualty, poetry of collapse, post-apocalyptic society, propaganda culture, resistance and survival, social conditioning, societal unraveling, state surveillance drones, surveillance state fiction, systemic manipulation, technocratic control, urban ruin symbolism

Normal Was the First Casualty is a collection of dystopian poetry that examines how collapse does not always arrive with

Dystopian Poetry Poetry

A Dystopian New Year

December 29, 2025 R J Schwartz 459 Views 0 Comments dystopian poetry, new year, RJ Schwartz, www.creativeexiles.com

We stand, not united, but wary The cusp of another year in sight Voices silently counting down not with hope

Dystopian Poetry Poetry

The Feed

December 17, 2025 R J Schwartz 369 Views 0 Comments digital slave, dystopian poetry, RJ Schwartz, the feed

The feed It’s with me now Up close and personal Like a friend that won’t go home It never turns

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When Breath No Longer Gives Life

December 12, 2025 R J Schwartz 532 Views 0 Comments dystopian poetry, RJ Schwartz, spreading virus, toxic world

Breath, oh how we took it for granted Natural, simple, without a single thought But that was then, and this

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When The Feed Is No Longer Transmitting

December 11, 2025 R J Schwartz 390 Views 0 Comments digital chaos, dystopian poetry, end of technology, RJ Schwartz, the feed, www.creativeexiles.com

When the feed is no longer transmitting Endless streams of mind-numbing videos Remakes and retakes of songs and movies Fails

Dystopian Poetry Poetry

Emotional Contraband Identified

December 1, 2025 R J Schwartz 398 Views 0 Comments brain implants, digital poetry, dystopian poetry, RJ Schwartz, www.creativeexiles.com

Static rages where silence once reigned, It’s everywhere, all-consuming, all-controlling There’s no escape, not even in the land of dreams

Dystopian Poetry Poetry

The Wasting Age

December 1, 2025 R J Schwartz 467 Views 0 Comments dystopian poetry, end of the world, poetry of despair, RJ Schwartz, www.creativeexiles.com

Prosperity reigned, at least until it didn’t In the final century of promise, hope still remained The world heaved and

Dystopian Poetry Poetry

The Quiet Fall of Nations

October 30, 2025 R J Schwartz 489 Views 0 Comments dystopian poetry, end of the world, R.J. Schwartz, www.creativeexiles.com

Long ago, before the chaos of man, when elections were fair, or close to being fair The leaders of the

Dystopian Poetry Poetry

When We Lost Control

October 13, 2025 R J Schwartz 2503 Views 0 Comments dystopian poetry, End of Days, R.J. Schwartz, when we lost control, www.creativeexiles.com

Not a sign, more like a great and powerful shifting occurred Overhead, the pulsing bruise of digital color began staining

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The Crumbling Space Around Me

October 10, 2025 R J Schwartz 527 Views 0 Comments digital collapse, dystopian poetry, R.J. Schwartz, The Machine Has Spoken, www.creativeexiles.com

These crumbling walls whisper an endless loop of static each night Recorded voices, some once human, others generated by the

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Students of Emptiness, Graduates of Nothing

August 21, 2025 R J Schwartz 632 Views 0 Comments digital terror, dystopian poetry, life is a simulation, R.J. Schwartz, shifting algorithms, students of emptiness

Students of Emptiness, Graduates of Nothing The shadow cities, where wires hum like swollen veins Neon blood pulsates through imposing

Poetry Political Poetry

The New Normal People

February 5, 2023 R J Schwartz 1410 Views 5 Comments consumerism, dystopian poetry, normal people, political doublespeak

Normal people (nôr′məl pē′pəl) What does it mean Anymore Not what is used to mean They called it mainstream We

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Castaways, Alone in the Sky

November 22, 2022 R J Schwartz 1264 Views 3 Comments castaways, castaways in space, dystopian poetry, end of the world, global warming, living in space

I’ve grown tired of this place Bored of this face The never changing scenery Noises from machinery Dirty walls, filthy

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

My Words Whisper to the Future

January 28, 2022 R J Schwartz 1419 Views 4 Comments dystopian poetry, poetry, RJ Schwartz, words whisper

My words whisper to the future When ink on paper Ceases to be just writing; Letters and phrases Careful punctuation

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The Machine Has Spoken…

March 30, 2021October 10, 2025 R J Schwartz 1635 Views 2 Comments consumerism, dystopian poetry, The Beast, The Machine Has Spoken

The Machine Has Spoken…. The Machine… A great beast Silent But all powerful Unseen But ever present Relentless Infiltrating all

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The Aftermath – When Every Question Goes Unanswered

May 20, 2019 R J Schwartz 2544 Views 3 Comments aftermath, chaos, dystopian poetry, poetry, RJ Schwartz

Stumbling through the broken glass What they call the “aftermath” Ears ringing, pulse screaming My eyes deceive; perhaps I’m dreaming

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The Night Ten Thousand Churches Burned

March 19, 2019 R J Schwartz 6871 Views 4 Comments burning church, churches burning, dystopian poetry, RJ Schwartz

The night ten thousand churches burned Darkness came and how the blood did run Confusion reigned while chaos stormed The

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