Best Jailbreak Poems

There was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail...

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The sheriff of Soup Creek has returned from Soup City once more,
after a run in with the judge, some bars and a concrete floor.
We cannot...

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The alluring morning mail
Blue cover and red letters
Those smiling peacock feathers
Alas, I'm fettered

Red breasted Robins ruffle
My waters, psychic scuffle
Defiant windows won't shut
My ripples seek shores

The...

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We shared a cell for seven weeks
before he finally up and speaks,
he turned around and shook his head
he tore the mattress on the bed,
inside he...

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Through the checkered grating of York-Dauphin station, 

Clinging ‘tween the iron bars With fragile rays.

Through the checkered grating Of Tioga station,

A rounded hump, now flooding...

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When Miss Doubtfire moved in
to their heart,
she entered dragon tail swinging
Plastered smiling walls of bachelor resistance
got knocked down
at every single candlelight date demolition

And as the...

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Another sleepless night,
I watch the snow fall. 

Furious flurries in a heavenly jailbreak,
they pile up in the window corners anonymously.

One itinerant catches itself on the...

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When the sun comes up at daybreak
Challenges lie ahead like a jailbreak?
Oops it's outta the bag
Hope I don't get nabbed
If I do I'll use the...

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city of increasing fervor 
heavy with sealed glass windows
in vaulted towers
sky-high protection 
from the steady spew of cars
urban sidewalks in the
private grayness of fall
where sparrows...

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I’m not responsible;
This is where you forced me,
locked in innuendo;
All your b s love songs,
what else was left to do? 

I’m not responsible;
That oppressive whisper,...

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The essence was in the V
But I liked gambling with the E
So I tore open my can of milk
And gulped down litres of filth
It was...

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Row upon row
upon row
of caged men
some growl
others mutter
still others silent,
lifeless...
the banging starts
crescendos
the din incredible
is it a jailbreak
who smuggled
freedom in...

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Why expect a lot from A sluggard:
A trim look, not seeming haggard
And easy win of high regard?
You'd make much of A sluggard
A Great story from...

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Aftermath of war: onerous task...

to salvage flotsam and jetsam
of human wreckage
amidst a sea where triage
witnessed courtesy scattered corpses
populating the Gaza strip
more'n pound of cold flesh
forced...

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No, I'm  not one of those who say, "It's nothing, it's collateral damage for just cause."
How much I regret this plight of conscience,
people walking...

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