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Cellblock Poems - Poems about Cellblock


Premium Member Rangitoto College Reunion
... I Hearken back to the old rule nazis how Deputy Fuhrer Hart led assembly - with his bell, megaphone and monobrow it was more like a Hitler Youth Rally! And C......

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Categories: cellblock, school,
Form: Rhyme
Two Steps Ahead
... You’ve met me, but you just don’t know it yet The dream house that you want, I once polar bear hibernated there ... two winter moons ago The summer fruit of relaxation that you’re ta......

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Categories: cellblock, conflict, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
Form: Epic



Pinching of a Made Man
... Caught in the act — That’s a boyz-to-men criminal fact Court-ordered to lip unlock No bail ... bar code held in a cellblock Cop daddy ‘cuffed embrace: tough love kiss given ......

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Categories: cellblock, allegory, prison, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Who I Am
...I Am a prisoner of love bound to forgive and taught to pursue peace Taking pleasure in the flowering of the truth is my daily routine I’ve lost appetite hearing lies Many times i’ve ......

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Categories: cellblock, i am,
Form: Free verse
Cellblock Follies
...The homophobic banker he was penned That careless fool was found to misspend He thought prison would be cake Until he met fat old Jake Now he has got a hairy boyfriend!......

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Categories: cellblock, life, slam,
Form: Limerick



Prisoner of Silence (Part One)
...Sitting on the bed, legs crossed, and still, She sits and wonders how her life could be so real that it's like a fantasy – a fantasy gone bad. She stops and smiles at herself wondering how she ......

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Categories: cellblock, faith, inspirationalfantasy, leaving, life,
Form: I do not know?
Cellblock 19 Bunk 3
...Up again at three, Before the bellowing guards and shuffling feet, The fluorescent dawn still hours away… Hands too soft for hard labor Dig crusty scales of brief escape From the corners of w......

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Categories: cellblock, angst, introspection, life, people,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Book: Reflection on the Important Things