Prison Poems | Examples of Prison Poetry

Travis shot a black man, he says it was self defense They put him in solitary, that punishment is intense. For 27 months he was in "the hole" let out for just one hour where he could use a phone, exercise, and shower. Then he got a new jail, in a ten by eight cell So many threats to his...

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It’s a place I feel off— not wedded to anything. Truculent. I think in riddles and answer in metaphors. I dance on my tiptoes— an adagio of agony. Passion pirouettes out of sight. Tethered. Bound by grief. Temptation forgotten, tempered. It no longer exists. It was a pas de deux, now it’s just a deuce— a petulant penitent, an unwanted pardon. The dancer stirs. The pulse quickens to a tango. Recalcitrant and longing. Unable to follow the...

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Drenched in tears, I wrench in response to the pain I sense. Caused by wrong desirers, walls, guards, and the electric fence. Put here to stop free choice by man, To keep him from becoming all that he can. To hold imprisoned, crushing hopes and dreams. To in flick hurt and pain, I can hear the screams. Today, though they’ve been...

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Let them eat cake But with no hands And a mouth sewn shut Why us Why must we suffer with crumbs And be grateful To be grateful when slavery ended When in fact it was they who started it To feed us poison instead of the antidote Then feign confusion to why it didn't work The world sees you as a victim And...

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To those who would imprison me, I know it's because you are not free. In prison walls, I'm surrounded, yet my heart and soul - unbounded....

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In shadows thick where silence weeps, The fog rolls in—its secret keeps. A mournful veil, a breathless moan, It swallows light, leaves hearts alone. This cursed ground, where echoes stay, Of laughter lost and minds astray. A prison forged from sorrow’s seam, Where memories drift like half-formed dreams. No stars to guide, no dawn to see, Just whispers caught in memory. Each step you take,...

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How can True trust Faith when lies begin to escape, You are the reason why I hide my face with a Smile or a Cape, Because I can't forget what you Took and what you keep Taking, My Heart keeps on breaking daily, that is why I am Inhaling, These Drugs I Breath, I just can't Believe, Life is full of...

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Khaled was a bodybuilding champ in Iran A photo shows a smiling and very strong man Then in Evin Prison, at the mercy of nasty folk His spine fractured, kidneys failed, heart was harmed, leg was broke. Evin is a bad place, 113 degrees and no A.C. I'm sure you can think of better places to be One woman tells us...

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Judge Horne issued a decree that elections take place this week  For the positions of mayor and sheriff in the town of Milton Creek  It had now been nearly four years and was somewhat overdue  Some known names were mentioned and some nobody knew. Rumour had it John Scultz of the Cactus Ranch was running for mayor It was also...

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Exhaustion was a burden she would always have to carry A lingering shadow that gave her no peace Even haunting her in her sleep Her most notable feature Was her eye bags so heavy They begged to be heard Screamed to be released Hoping someone will save her from the abyss Of Exhaustion Tired from a life of always running Away...

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His mind was an abyss Of emotions And endless questions Of the world around him He wasn't much of a speaker But he was definitely a thinker His mind was a safe place Where he could speak freely Without being harmed He hated the outside world He was scared if he stepped outside He was afraid the racists might strike So instead he...

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Their blood was the poison that would kill them Their presence blinding That's why they hate them They come too close and try to touch them But they didn't know that we are the sun That trying to block out the sun Would become their biggest problem Actions have consequences And we were their karma The one thing they...

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He was barely an adult when he was entered into the system He was an educated law abiding citizen But due to the fact he was black It was sympathy they lacked He faxed a lifetime of imprisonment And an impending death penalty All because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time His only crime Was being...

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My prison is a place known all to well. It...

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Paddy was a hit man for the Irish Mob hired to be slick and do a whack job but he didn't have the knack or know the trick without being caught and put in the nick behind bars but not the sort one might think where a few jars may be bought and he did so love a drink more than one too many was his undoing the cause...

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