{"id":11527,"date":"2015-06-13T21:54:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T01:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=11527"},"modified":"2015-06-13T21:54:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T01:54:02","slug":"812-death-of-a-founding-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/812-death-of-a-founding-father\/","title":{"rendered":"(#8\/12): \u201cDeath Of A Founding Father\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His temper was legendary.<\/p>\n<p>No fools he gladly suffered,<\/p>\n<p>Nor tolerated, frivolity,<\/p>\n<p>Despised by many, feared by most,<\/p>\n<p>His word was law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The colonial master unshackled,<\/p>\n<p>The ablest of men by his side,<\/p>\n<p>A master plan envisioned,<\/p>\n<p>Single-mindedly executed,<\/p>\n<p>Our nation shaped accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A half-century on,<\/p>\n<p>Of \u201cpeace, prosperity, and progress\u201d,<\/p>\n<p>From \u201cThird World To First\u201d;<\/p>\n<p>Much envied in the region,<\/p>\n<p>This \u2018Little Red Dot\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet on this eve of \u2018SG50\u2019,<\/p>\n<p>A departure untimely,<\/p>\n<p>His people unready,<\/p>\n<p>The nation mourns truly,<\/p>\n<p>Our founding father Harry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now the murmurs of discontent,<\/p>\n<p>Grow ever resoundingly,<\/p>\n<p>His shadow hangs heavy,<\/p>\n<p>His legacy unsteady.<\/p>\n<p>So where do we go from here?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2015 Silvester Phua<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; His temper was legendary. No fools he gladly suffered, Nor tolerated, frivolity, Despised by many, feared by most, His word was law. &nbsp; The colonial master unshackled, The ablest of men by his side, A master plan envisioned, Single-mindedly executed, Our nation shaped accordingly&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11674,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527\/revisions\/11674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}