Alcatraz Poems - Poems about Alcatraz

I am in the Alcatraz of my room, where loneliness is endless and dreams bounce off all the walls and back. Never passing through the window into the streets of letdown dreams. I would come out to meet you, but there are too many intersections and I always cross against the light. Please come to my room and we will watch the world through...

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*Image of Alcatraz San Francisco by Pixabay. The Island of Alcatraz Startled clouds lurk midst a gate beams stretch crossed a bay pylons yon the sneaky fog dreams fetch castaway. Deserted prison vagary hopes long entombed averted risen. 2021 June 14...

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it wasn't a prison or even a cage she was the bird woman that flew away in so many ways as a crow so a chess piece be came one and the leaves of branches of a tree bearing nothing but a nudity of leaves be came a murder perhaps that's why she's doing time...

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Behind a fence no public view First built in eighteen-fifty-two Destroyed by quake, rebuilt anew Keeps ship from crashing on it’s rocks Named for island’s bird, not a few Spanish word, Pelican, of flocks...

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From sea to shining sea, ‘Merica ain’t never been nothin’ but a prison for angry black boys like me Childish rage moved my hands, hateful oppression reaction expression made me feel iron containment Understanding finally came, when I began to reason as a man, not a beast ... a blank history page lashing out mindlessly in a lion cage Knowledge was the skeleton key which unlocked...

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I don't think that he really did come home He spent too much time there all alone Some memories is all he has Living thirty years in Alcatraz Convicted for something he didn't do All those years who ever knew The jury's guilt gave him time They said that Chazz had did the crime True evidence was...

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Alcatraz Penitentiary is located in California in San Francisco. It became a Federal Penitentiary about eighty years ago. Alcatraz was the prison where Al Capone was sent. He wasn't happy about the place where he went. Alcatraz had four wardens, they were James Johnston, Edwin Swope, Paul Madigan and Olin Blackwell. Machine Gun Kelly, Mickey Cohen, Robert F. Stroud and...

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Alcatraz By Kevin Robey August 26, 2013 The ultimate joke, I realized today We’re all prisoners of our own minds No matter what we do or what we say We can’t face the answers that we find We buy, we steal, flashy rims and wheels To cover our debts, ironic but true Maybe it’s why this haze seems so surreal But I don’t see...

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Visiting a prison Gives a tiny little taste Of how a convict takes his life And has it all erased. From walking in the open air To confines of a cell Must feel like stepping off a cliff Into a living hell. No privacy or room to move, No access to the sky; Each prisoner must sit and ask Himself one question - why? For nothing could...

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