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Convicts Poems - Poems about Convicts
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We are Spiritual Convicts Serving a Life Sentence
...We're criminals from heaven, committing spiritual crime. Disobeying the Creator with our body and mind. His law was made plain to us right from the start. Still if we allow Him, he'll write it on ......
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Kenneth Samples
Categories:
convicts,
abuse, addiction, bible, hate,
Form:
Rhyme
The Juggernaut
... (A lone voice whispers) Did no one tell you that true Magic exists Just hidden somewhere deep In most societies Sought after by convicts of the mundane Profane addicts, who cry out i......
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John DuffyASY
Categories:
convicts,
poets,
Form:
Rhyme
We are all just a bunch of mental convicts
...Whether you're in a prison, Or a hospital bed confined. Yours might just be a 9 to 5, We all are still doing time. Our conscience is our jury, Declaring right and wrong. Our thoughts the Judge ......
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Kenneth Samples
Categories:
convicts,
10th grade, 7th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Helene, the afterglow
... Shouting, over the sounds of rain, feelings more commanding than the season’s pain erasing the hope from hearts, but who’s to blame for the night’s lure in pieces of yesterdays wondering,......
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
convicts,
death, faith, horror, loss,
Form:
Free verse
A good day to contemplate Australia wide' they shall celebrate
...Soon will dawn Australia day.' A date on the calender some Pages away..Its the first poem from me, on this holiday In the past I was not one (for its celebration lets say?) Yet Decades have sifted......
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Joe Maverick
Categories:
convicts,
appreciation, celebration, character, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Sincerely yours Mary Wade
... I nearly hanged, it was my fate In seventeen eighty nine I had stolen an old fur tippet And claimed that it was mine They put me into prison Then sent me to be tried The verdict came......
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Margaret Foster
Categories:
convicts,
history,
Form:
Rhyme
Convict Mentality
...A convict Mentality/ Is common sense to someone/ But, uncomprehensible to most/ People get it twisted/ They think an inmate and convict/ Are the same/ But they are not/ Two worlds apart/ An i......
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Michael Fulkerson
Categories:
convicts,
character, courage, crazy, dark,
Form:
Free verse
In the Shadow of Sunlight
... Lost in thought, on the edge of a creek bank, where the heart is caught between the songs spun by dandelion seeds, blowing softly, and whispering winds, gifted with wonders… gentle ......
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
convicts,
appreciation, blessing, christian, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Anti-Power
... The strong are always to blame for the powerless: The rulers come up with the best of intent It doesn’t take efforts to overpower us Having police and stern judges at hand Once deemed as the vi......
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Gregory Colodub
Categories:
convicts,
philosophy, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Rough Draft part2
... Soak in the palmolive snake oil tonic. The cool stalk of my ebonics on hydroponics. Get stuck in the matrix of my convicts, of hooker phonics. Get high off of my knock off water on the br......
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Jude Herrick
Categories:
convicts,
art,
Form:
Lyric
Do You Remember Too
... Butterfly bless dances from flower to flower, sipping nectar with its slender proboscis imitating Bacchus with prospectus, direct to us. Streaks in the open air with flagrant color, ......
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Jude Herrick
Categories:
convicts,
art,
Form:
Ballad
God's word is alive
...God's word, a sword of truth, piercing the soul Alive and active, it cuts to the goal It judges the thoughts, and attitudes of the heart A discerner of intentions, it sets apart Sharper than an......
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Shaila Touchton
Categories:
convicts,
angel, bible, christian,
Form:
Couplet
Secrets
... Psalm 44:21 – (KJV) Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Inside, where I hide All my thoughts, my best and worst Prayers are prayed, lifte......
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
convicts,
appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Free verse
Grace Is Enough
... In the humdrum of daily life, There are reasons for me to praise - Grace is enough amidst all strife, God guides my feet in His just ways, Gifts new mercies as each day dawns -......
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Joanna Daniel
Categories:
convicts,
christian, god, leadership, life,
Form:
Terzanelle
What Comes After Tuesday
..."I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs no poet has ever painted Voices call out to me, straight to my heart" Cold, emotionless, and her nature, defiant Hard to connect with ......
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I Am Anaya
Categories:
convicts,
analogy, character, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
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