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Angst Prison Poems

These Angst Prison poems are examples of Prison poems about Angst. These are the best examples of Prison Angst poems written by international poets.


THE VENOM
Sitting in a void 
Staring at vacant walls, 
Imagining its myriad colors, 
Reminiscing about the binding brilliance in life 
  
Ah, the heart! 
Such...

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Categories: prison, angst, irony, journey, life,



Prison of Flesh
Prison Of Flesh

Pregnant and constipated
Gagged
Asphyxiated
Want to jump out of my skin
Nonplussed and exasperated
Black bagged
Unenumerated
Everything is without
And I am locked within...

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Categories: prison, angst, deep, depression, feelings,

Recovery
There’s a certain feeling 
When you close the door behind you. 
Freedom that comes 
Only with emotional safety. 
I don’t know where 
I don’t know...

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Categories: prison, abuse, angst, anti bullying,

Premium Member Escape From Prison
Prisoner mortally confined,
plotting your escape like Papillon,
conceiving freedom like a zoo animal.
Then dreaming on, 
you meet a flying child in all your mirrors.
Nearly weightless, pulled...

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Categories: prison, death, dream, memory, myth,

Premium Member Papillon Perserves 2
cranial cocoon
caterpillar compromise
butterfly escape
perseverance frames our time
the mind's eye unlocks freedom....

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Categories: prison, abuse, analogy, anger, angst,



This Palace Is a Prison
This whole place is a palace. 

A palace for criminals like me. 

The straps were undone. 

And so was some dream that made me embarrassed....

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Categories: prison, angst, mental illness,

Good Day
There was a day, 
A very good day,
So long ago now, 
I hardly remember,
Before I was here,
At this low point in life,
Before pining for love,
Consuming...

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Categories: prison, addiction, america, angst, childhood,

Premium Member Superior Mother
If I feel guilty 
Does that make you
Superior Mother
Am I just a bad bad boy
Who’s just to much of a bother!
I guess things haven’t changed...

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Categories: prison, angst, god, identity, native

Freedom Trampled Underfoot
Freedom Trampled Underfoot 2/2/2008

My thoughts are like a shallow grave.
As I sit here and rot, my conscience begins to waver,
I feel my soul begin to...

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© Evan Moore  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prison, angst, anxiety, dark, endurance,

A Prison To My Soul
I tried to reach out, blink in silence and say my words, but there is a lost syllable and a forgiven diction. I buried my...

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Categories: prison, abuse, addiction, anger, angst,

Premium Member Eleutheromania
His hands felt tougher than the bones
That cracked beneath his blows
He didn’t always throw these stones
At times, he brought me a rose

Suffering from the lack...

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Categories: prison, abuse, anger, conflict, courage,

Premium Member Woman In Chains
She lately hears lyric nightingale at the sole window,
And through its bars witnesses a melancholy moon,
And her heart longs for the freedom of velvety flight,
But...

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Categories: prison, abuse, angst, hope, innocence,

Premium Member Prison Story Allegory
Glory, glory, hear my story, it’s time for me to tell
oratory of a gory crime; for I must dwell
pre-purgatory ‘til I’m hoary slime in hell.

Jury,...

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© Eric Cohen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prison, anger, angst, discrimination, sympathy,

Look Closely
Look closely
between the bars.

   Look at
     pain, angst, hunger
       businesses idled.

  ...

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Categories: prison, 11th grade, angst, pain,

The Non-Awakening
It’s the silent prison you didn’t consent to but no kicking or screaming or asking the government to represent you just click ‘accept’ and without...

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Categories: prison, analogy, angst, anxiety, computer,


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