Jail Poems - Poems about Jail

In iron shadows, cold and tight/ I sank beneath the weight of night/ A crime unclaimed, a fate unfair/ And all my prayers fell on deaf air/ For six months, my tears took flight/ Rising like embers into the night/ I called for grace, for mercy's hand/ But silence met my last demand/ Sentenced, shackled, years were spun/ A war begun, one battle won/ I...

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Dear Homeland Security Director No-em I feel compelled to write you this po-em They won't let me post bail Get me out of this jail I'm not a gang member and want to go ho-em! My bright and exquisite pink heart-shaped tat is being mocked by a gangsta in a Maga hat All hope I must banish I don't even speak Spanish My doomed...

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My bars the words, the prison guard my verse, Rattling the staves of this poetic cell, I struggle vainly, locked up in this jail. Yea, thus is my predicament, my curse. Oh, how jealously, you smirking blank verse, I look upon what freedom guides your quill; For formal phrasing does of me compel Stubborn structures—the styles which I rehearse. But, boldy...

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Whole world's gone to hell, Here I sit in jail, Cold floors touch my hands, As tears flow out in strands, God help me please, I'm a product of the breeze, A leaf gone with the flow, Thinking this is where I should go, I did not show Grace but stone, These choices were my own,...

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We all saw it We all heard it We all read it And smelled it. Meanwhile Deedeepee is rotting in jail For probably having committed a similar crime Some do the crime and others don’t do the time Similarly, some go to Heaven and others go to Hell. The world smelled it The world read it The world heard it And we saw it. Some people are...

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I might be going to jail tonight, I don't know for sure/ I'm riding out, before I leave I want to hold you close/ Tell me you love me, and if I go to jail/ Tell me you will be there for me, forever care for me/ We been together through thick and thin, right and wrong/ When I needed...

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Doing Time is not easy but it's something that I gotta do/ Survival of the fittest so this how I gotta move/ I'm not the strongest so I got a lot to lose/ Pound for pound round for round I got a lot to prove/ Every night I go to sleep paranoid and schizophrenic/ In my prison cell feeling like...

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Sofa Chances A veteran who served this land Employed by a sofa shop In Bethesda, Maryland Made an afternoon delivery stop Lovely lady came to the door Wearing provocative dress He put the couch on the floor...

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he had never felt this alone disrespected, abandoned, ignored he dared not ask for any favors he knew none were coming he deserved this hard, gray concrete crate a place to chastise himself for bad choices no one would come visit him here he did not expect them to nothing about this place was friendly the men guarding it treated him like a non-human he...

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I intend on escaping Devise a plan I cannot be kept By my mum, in this pram Sliding out easy Her not knowing i can Feeling my freedom and Joy As i ran sounds of my footsteps Echo and Bang Mum now behind me The chase has began ...

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If you Google ‘a convicted felon’ You’ll find the name of a person Who’s rich, popular and flamboyant You’ll see his original mug shot Ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not As we speak, this felon is dying to be president Again, again, in order to avoid jail time As we know, if one is convicted of a serious crime One must obviously...

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If loving you is an offence, put me into your jail, But border not your heart with a fence, but just by your love, To the deepest part of your heart, let my boat safely sail. If loving you is a deep sin, keep me in a love hell, So far, your love would be there to win, as...

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Joe is the sun of a gun Known to be on the run He left jail Made his bail AWOL isn’t much fun...

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Example Among Many Standing before a distraught spouse It was about half past noon Hearing heated words of strife “I’m leaving you and very soon” “Those sacred vows; I meant for life But you broke that precious trust I have been your...

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This is a different time, a new season These days, crimes seem to pay For a multitude of obvious reasons As we all know by now, this is another day Full of surprises, felons don’t go to prisons They have top-notch official protection Twenty four hours a day, this is truly insane It won’t be easy for the prosecutor to nail This perpetrator...

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