Prison Poems | Examples of Prison Poetry

Gagged by the navy neck-tie crowned upon him by the last soldier, the businessman precariously waltzes the death march down into “Sam’s Greens and Grains”, a specialty salad shop that locally sources lettuce from Upstate...Read the rest...

“Freedom is just another word for nothin left to lose. Feeling good was easy Lord, when he sang the blues” ~ Janis Joplin ~ Life was filled with laughter. ...Read the rest...

I dreamed of Johnny Cash last night, his music spoke to me, I said I thought that you were dead, but music lives said he, but music lives said he. From Folsom, to Fort Bend, for every soul behind bars, he asked...Read the rest...

Remember America’s humanitarian aid to Germany’s Nazis and Japan’s Kamikazes ...Read the rest...

“We may think of freedom, not as the right thing to do, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” ...Read the rest...

You spend all the day sneaking about but you'll pay for the rules that you flout You can bet your sweet tail, you are going to jail and you'll sing like a bird to get out!...Read the rest...

Captured, Tortured, Endlessly, Mercilessly, 24/7 Continuously. What did I do that was so terribly wrong? I was born in an era, where the powers that be felt, I did not belong. As the quality of my life gets savagely raped, I take comfort...Read the rest...

In the visiting room evening's ebony is shellacking everything. He sits across from me at the sable-shaded table, in shades, pours black coffee pungent as the Gauloises he smokes, his sun-starved skin bone-white but brooding black light, an abandoned...Read the rest...

Have you been Hiking the Quiraing trail on the isle of Skye? watching golden eagles as they fly by? Have you been Hiking through fields of paintbrush on Mount Hood? From Trillium Lake to Timberline, if you haven't you...Read the rest...

Judged And No Jury Justice is not just , but blind , as Under your own sky , lives virtue , Dictators of the feathered quill . Grieve, lost souls without wings , Eradicate impurities...Read the rest...

O prisoner, in your cell so drear, Your thoughts must wander, far and near. Though your life's restricted here, The spirit's free, and ever near. Your situation may seem quite dire, But freedom's found, in heart's desire. For though you're bound...Read the rest...

178 months, 129940 hours, now only 10 minutes remain. Sitting in cold eerie darkness, he observes the rhythm of water drops, slowly wipes away streams of sweat with his withered trembling hands. That aching fear, gnawing in his fevered brain, spasms...Read the rest...

Living in one renting the other Owning them both then to discover As owner I’m captive the tenant is free In debt to the banker —remortgaging me (The New Room: January, 2024) ...Read the rest...

the ghost mind is a curious space a gulag held in wire haunted huntress, somber sky coldest winter sun defy Cossack, Hessian shadow churn maze of madness, memory burn strung from stars furnace spent eye of ochre...Read the rest...

Sitting in a void Staring at vacant walls, Imagining its myriad colors, Reminiscing about the binding brilliance in life Ah, the heart! Such a terrible foe. Futile perceptions of the past... Mercilessly, all...Read the rest...