Prison Poems | Examples of Prison Poetry

i have lived in houses that kept me, but never held me. i was a guest in my own life— told to give, but never to take. told to understand, but never to be understood. told to forgive, but never to ask why. they built...Read the rest...

I do not own you love is not a prison you do not own me ...Read the rest...

The unkiss of life don't sell your soul Go find your soul the final kiss goodbye A Conversation with the Devil of 2025 Mad as thunder, kiss like thorns, blood like blackberry wine, fallen angel...Read the rest...

hotheaded action a good friend is now deceased sorrow and regret alcohol and guns a deadly combination prison is for life...Read the rest...

We started off with being/ A human stuck in a tiny box/ Like a caged animal/ Day by day, we lose our senses/ To be poked and prodded/ Day and night for amusement/ This is a game to them/ Looking into the...Read the rest...

The face that used to be cheerful is gone The illusion dims all real hopes Break thousands of hopes and ideals The loss of life at a young age For those who are trapped by drugs Don't and don't try...Read the rest...

Here I am finally able to observe the maze from the outside And continue to run into dead ends Frantic, crazed in the beginning But no I have found the exit I am just a...Read the rest...

My daddy—he once told me don’t ever play with nuns they’ll hit you with their rulers it won’t be any fun I snuck out of that prison and now I’m on the run Once freed from that schoolhouse I sunbathed in the...Read the rest...

I sit in stillness framed by glass the world outside dances sunlight spills like golden honey. yet within these walls I stay. regret coils..... around me tight as a noose lurking in shadows. I breathe in inhaling the vastness of the ocean's essence. I...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

Your incarceration Causes me humiliation I try my best not to bring it up But my mind stays in this location I miss you so much but our relationship has never had a firm foundation...Read the rest...

You gotta have it, if you can reach it, better grab it/ If you want it, you better wrap it and hold it tight/ Pass it down for generations if you know it's right/ Because it's all about...Read the rest...

I wish that I don't go to jail tonight/ But if I go to jail I wish I don't do life/ And if I do, I'll be alright/ I just wish I do it right/ Sometimes I feel like...Read the rest...

I'm living life hard knock and it's hard to get by/ I'm trapped in a prisoner state of mind/ Sometimes it's good times sometimes it hits the fan/ I'm just trying to get by, maintain so I can...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...