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Capital Punishment Poems - Poems about Capital Punishment


Florida's First Electrocution Wasn't the Last
In Florida state prison, a tale I'll unfold, The first electrocution, a story untold. Anguish, pain, in chambers of despair, A prisoner's torment, his soul stripped bare. Electric currents surged through veins like fire, His body convulsed, his screams were ignored. The pain, relentless, coursing through his core, As death approached, its grip, he bore. Through darkness he traveled, his spirit confined, A prisoner...

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Categories: capital punishment, 12th grade,
Form: Concrete
Ode To the Governor
Ode to the Governor by Warren Curle I long for a woman I can't have, She is a woman who dances in my dreams, She is a woman I always think of, She is a woman I want to She is a woman I dream of making love to, She is a woman I'd long to grow old with, She is a woman I...

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Categories: capital punishment, death, dream, endurance, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



The Big Sleep
I'm in a tight spot this guns for hire sure it spits fire but only six shots I'm in nightmare alley down a side street I see a red light no black angel's in sight there's no place to pray no sacred way just a frightened city a place with no pity I'm not a big shot I got no big deal I'm just illegal looking to steal the cops had...

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Categories: capital punishment, america,
Form: Rhyme
Charles I
In Merry Old England’s fine capital, where Marx would compose his work “Capital”, King Charlie the First faced up to the worst — a punishment gruesomely capital....

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Categories: capital punishment, history, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Capital Punishment Mama Daddy Spank Me
Capital punishment What year is it I'm being spank with a switch I am guilty Mama whooping me In 1960's With a switch a belt some schools then a 2 by 4 paddle For what I've done wrong Lying the stealing Who am I to call foul God knows I know ma and pa do to Even Jesus got whipped But the difference HE WAS TRULY INNOCENT But the...

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Categories: capital punishment, anxiety, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Capital Punishment
It’s raining hammers and nails The storms are rusty And hang in the sky The pews are shadowed And the apse is silent Sinners are upon their knees Darkness descends upon the day A lantern swings in the storm The executioner is hooded Silent and cold A shadow upon the Mother Mary Jesus has nothing to say The Holy Ghost is walking in circles The door it gently...

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Categories: capital punishment, death, political,
Form: Free verse
Capital Punishment
Capital punishment When a state Kills a convicted murderer The state Becomes like the killer Murdering the defenseless In the toxic word Of justice...

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Categories: capital punishment, religion, sad, social,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Capital Punishment Question
Regarding capital punishment, I have the following question; Why do they sterilize the inmate's arm prior to lethal injection? Are they concerned that before he dies that he'll get an infection?...

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Categories: capital punishment, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Capital Punishment School 1951 Australia
Oh I went to school in fifty one Like every six year old should I did’t know what was in store A flogging for my good? Bushy got a sandwich from another kid at school He handed me another, nice tucker it was cool Bushy did not come this day, I got another sandwich Head teacher grabbed me by the scruff A long...

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Categories: capital punishment, adventureme, me, drug,
Form: Ballad
Capital Punishment
been sentenced to death appeals process has expired high voltage, seat wired...

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Categories: capital punishment, death
Form: Haiku

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