Famous Lifer Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Lifer poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous lifer poems. These examples illustrate what a famous lifer poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Service, Robert William
...ority of twenty-three,
I face the Judge with joy and glee;
For am I not a lucky chap -
No more hanging, no more cap;
A "lifer," yes, but well I know
In fifteen years they'll let me go;
For I'll be pious in my prison,
Sing with gusto: Christ Is Risen;
Serve the hymn-books out on Sunday,
Sweep the chapel clean on Monday:
Such a model lag I'll be
In fifteen years they'll set me free.
Majority of twenty three,
You've helped me cheat the gallows tree.
I'm twenty now, at t...Read more of this...
by
Hayden, Robert
...s truth.
And I read poems I hoped were true.
It's like you been there, brother, been there,
the scarred young lifer said....Read more of this...
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