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Penitentiary Poems - Poems about Penitentiary

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Premium Member Milton Creek, Another Chapter
...The sun had just risen over town, it was a beautiful morning And outside Baker's new Bakery, a long queue was forming The aroma of fresh baking was lingering in the morning air Words alone can......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, america, western,
Form: Narrative



Pigeon Man
...Pigeon Man Frank, buried underneath the morning fog coddling the fractured arteries of urban sprawl which mill humanity against civilization's grindstone Pigeon Man Frank, bears wounds of s......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, addiction, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When You're Seventy-Five
... When you're 75, you can say 66 years ago, when I was nine Once I thought that pretty cool sure, I was a real fool Hey, I've survived three-quarters of a century as ......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, age, cool,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jailbreak At Milton Creek
...There was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail That day Queeny Holly and her gang rode into town, guns blazing ......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, america, humor, violence,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member From Crayons To the Pen
...Childhood comes to an end when you go from crayons to the pen *In this case, pen can mean writing utensil or penitentiary.......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, 7th grade, childhood, prison,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Broken Crayons Again
...Scribble on the walls with chaotic lipstick, or maybe tag with fine graffiti markers; Make it nasty or keep it classy; Pure untamed spirit with all of those wild colors; It doesn’t ne......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, art, creation, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Dodge Penitentiary
...Dodge Penitentiary, what are those voices/ Dodge Penitentiary, losing my mind doing time/ Dodge Penitentiary, where the am I?/ I entered Dodge Penitentiary, hardest of the hard/ My paws on the co......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, character, conflict, crazy, deep,
Form: Free verse
The Darker Side of Prison's In Florida
...In the depths of the Sunshine State, Where tales of darkness resonate, Lies a world concealed from the light, The darkest side of prisons in Florida's sight. Behind iron bars and towering walls......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Evidentiary Penitentiary
...Soaking suds at the pub and somebody said, Son. One just ain't enough but three is too many. And don't forget about when, You're running on empty. You want to paint the town. With your fave ga......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, character,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Yet, More Than a Brother
...Moods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships Angst of redundancy seethes from within as l......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, allusion, analogy, beauty, character,
Form: Alliteration
My Turn
...So he took advantage of what he thought was weak, but now here in the court room I’ll be the one to speak, did you think I’d never tell of what you really did? Why did you do it? I was just a kid. I......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, anger, life, strength,
Form: Free verse
Frivolity Finale
...Finally leaving the stage after Twenty seven encore calls A huge sense of elation as The last curtain finally falls. There’s all the media interviews That she has yet to face Then perhaps sh......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, art, celebrity, culture, humor,
Form: Rhyme
American Dream Iv - Trains - After 9-11
...A mournful train whistle, that most evocative sound, heralds the departure and the wheels start their round There can have been few things as satisfying as a long slow train ride, especially......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, adventure, america, music, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Statesman
...Among the other thugs in his circle he is considered to be a statesman Like them he compromise his values if he has any to get what he wants from whomever, he plays the fence on both sides. As......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, america, boy, corruption, family,
Form: Free verse
My Mind On My Money
...I got my mind on my money and money on my mind/ Cat scan if you like you'll tell I ain't lying/ Verse One Money is all I know all I see and remember/ From January to December I'm about seeing my ......Read the rest...
Categories: penitentiary, character, guitar, how i
Form: Lyric

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