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Jail Poems - Poems about Jail
Jail Poems - Examples of all types of poems about jail to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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When it is skeletal peace
... When it is skeletal peace An aunt wont want her nice niece, Of all things Good Aunt could miss, Certainly not her soft kiss… All would be to no avail, The real peace to not prevail Plain ......
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Chinedum Ekwobi
Categories:
jail,
allusion, analogy, hate, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
HOMELESS POETRY
...HOMELESS POETRY These are poems about the homeless and poems for the homeless. Epitaph for a Homeless Child by Michael R. Burch I lived as best I could, and then I died. Be careful w......
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Michael Burch
Categories:
jail,
america, child, childhood, children,
Form:
Rhyme
LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE IX
...LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE IX Disconcerted by Michael R. Burch Meg, my sweet, fresh as a daisy, when I’m with you my heart beats like crazy & my future gets hazy ... The Less-Than......
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Michael Burch
Categories:
jail,
heart, humor, humorous, irony,
Form:
Rhyme
Going, Going, Gone Extinct
... Say bye-bye to these: "Hold, please." (Hold what?) Typewriter Repairman Ads "Dial this number..." (What's 'dial?') Down-time... Offline Compliments (Complaint Departmen......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
jail,
fun, future, goodbye, history,
Form:
List
A Poet Quest
... Similar to the way a poet begins his creative process I'm not writing this—I craft hastily as views progress Doubt often sneaks in and affects how a choice feels The words used i......
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Sotto Poet
Categories:
jail,
analogy, appreciation, inspirational, poetry,
Form:
Couplet
My Life Is a Dystopia
...I am being forced to live With horrible malformations On my body In my body I am stuck with them for years For who knows how long The people want me dead Simply for existing They claim it i......
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Kai Bredwell
Categories:
jail,
abortion, betrayal, discrimination, gender,
Form:
Free verse
'We Need To Talk'
... I'm suddenly choking On the disorienting fumes Of unbearable suspense. Four words was all it took....
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Edward Ibeh
Categories:
jail,
confusion, horror, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY SOUL-LIFTER
... May 25 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 25-30 Key Verses – Psalm 25:1 -2 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let......
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Beata Agustin
Categories:
jail,
blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
today i will wander to the brothel
... today i will wander to the brothel those divine friends of Jesus where i will intercourse with the ladies in my growing Spanish write some lines to ponder while they wash clothes and bathe i ......
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Timothy Ray
Categories:
jail,
anger, death of a
Form:
Free verse
IS IT POSSIBLE
...Is it possible? It sounds impossible When a constable Claiming to be capable To trickle The Marshal On a triangle Table. Is it possible ? It can be terrible When the constable Fa......
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Alfonso II Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris
Categories:
jail,
extended metaphor, irony, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
DARK
... DARK Dark rule- Dark scenes Hitler. Thriller. Dark cell. ......
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Anisha Dutta
Categories:
jail,
dark,
Form:
Footle
Grief
..."a dagger of pain, a tear of grief" Quote by _Constance La France The food in the county jail is horrible but it's not worse than the pain in my heart She left me, running for the hills which t......
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Robert James Liguori
Categories:
jail,
appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Ode to Heart
... O hazy shadows who are you? In misty mask in misty guise Deep sorrow shut my wild wild eyes I wish thee I can recognize Why thou stood with hands on heart? As if from me apologize I faint ,......
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Sabahat Batool
Categories:
jail,
death, dream, fate, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Life-cycles
... In K-5, K-8 or K-12 is drained the curiosity from eager brains Then off to college most folks go where Truth is disseminated from Moscow A nursing home's a spruced-up jail ......
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Gershon Wolf
Categories:
jail,
life, old, school, work,
Form:
Couplet
PROCRASTINATION
...I’ll do it later Books, I’m sorry but I’m now a hater There is this force, this weight that pulls you down Exactly when your alarm clock rings And you start debating with your conscience whether ......
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Rethabile Wame Koneno
Categories:
jail,
strength, student,
Form:
Blank verse
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