Best Convict Poems
Below are the all-time best Convict poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of convict poems written by PoetrySoup members
We of the Convict StrainWe of the Convict strain
A hundred and twenty years ago
Australia had it's several classes
There were we of the convict strain
Mates would stick, just like...
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Categories:
convict, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
A Geisha Today a Convict TomorrowA geisha today a convict tomorrow
My mouths are all speaking
Blah Glad and Hah Sad
I cannot hear them for I am done
Broken and cracked, an egg...
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Categories:
convict, america,
Form:
Free verse
One Good ThingIn the late 1970s, I was going home on a Friday evening,
and needed a little more fuel in my truck,
enough to get back to...
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Categories:
convict, life, memory, poverty, work,
Form:
Prose
The Peach Tree
They would ripen all at once
under a hot sun and hang
in a sugary glut only for a day
or two before starting to spoil.
I...
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Categories:
convict, child, god, nostalgia, sin,
Form:
Free verse
Who I AmI guess some questions are hard to define
Like the desert landscape I’ve changed with time
I’ve spent my life dealing with a monkey
A dope cook, convict,...
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Categories:
convict, introspection, lifehope,
Form:
Couplet
Felony MoneyTrue definition of a hood love story,
They called him Felony.
Skin was as smooth as a shot of Hennessey.
He made a lot of other men envy.
His...
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Categories:
convict, imagination, love, poetry, romance,
Form:
Light Verse
Do the MathOn the banks of a river under the nest of a dove
He looked into the eyes of the girl that he loved
She was simply as...
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Categories:
convict, friendship, life, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
convict, life, uplifting, urban, body,
Form:
Light Verse
Destroying the KidDESTROYING the KID
It’s about time you came around.
I have waited long with my pants dropped down.
Did you say, “CHICKEN!" Mmm, I love chicken.
My favorite comes...
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Categories:
convict, abuse, addiction, art, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Our Grandmother's BlessingsSo many trials seem to be filled up with so much fear
So many ask, “Oh Dear Lord, what am I doing here”?
So many questions that...
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Categories:
convict, dedication, devotion, faith, family,
Form:
Couplet
I Thought I Would Get Off Like the Rich KidsIt was a week before my eighteenth birthday;
I was a drug dealer. Hooked also, but with no cares.
From a small town where no one had...
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Categories:
convict, america,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Lest We Forget the Bad DecisionsSponsor Nancy Jones
Contest Name Things that suck
Lest we forget the Bad decisions …
(Myxo the rabbit steal the Bagmans Bunny), first use of a...
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Categories:
convict, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
Wassup Poetry SoupI thought I’d write a limerick
(As sonnets now just make me sick)
But can’t for all the friggin’ rules
That always trip up southern fools;
So, thus, a...
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Categories:
convict, friendship,
Form:
Couplet
Guess What Phyllis, I Tagged YouAfter reading your comment to Sharon so true
I decided oh yes, I must tag Phyllis to
”Tag game” is about people sharing their heart
It would sure...
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Categories:
convict, adventure, dedication, happiness, love,
Form:
Couplet
God Is...How closely do we wrap our faith and conviction in life,
is it the things that determines who is our wife.
What morals do we instill and...
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Categories:
convict, faith, inspirational, people, philosophylife,
Form:
Light Verse