Daughter Prison Poems
These Daughter Prison poems are examples of Prison poems about Daughter. These are the best examples of Prison Daughter poems written by international poets.
Roots Without SoilRoots Without Soil
I.
I keep my mother's spoon in my suitcase—
silver worn thin from stirring cardamom tea,
its handle curved like her thumb
pressing into my palm those...
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Categories:
political, prison,
House of GodFull of emptiness
I sit in the pews
Awaiting a savior
Who's waiting to lose
Is it Jesus or Mary
In the haze I can't tell
Stuck in this place
Where an...
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Categories:
prison, angel, art, baby, child,
Thirteen DollarsWe scrounged up
Every penny we could
The night the policemen took you.
We had thirteen dollars
For your five hundred dollar bail....
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Categories:
prison, dad, daughter, father daughter,
The Execution of Paul Carter
My name is Paul Carter, and I want to tell you my tragic story
About the wrong path I chose in life, that wasn't one of...
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Categories:
prison, america, dark, death, drink,
CityscapeCityscape
You point to the sky
Yet you're rooted to earth
Your colourless windows
Reflect sunshine and mirth
If stark is an asset
You're bringing it, plenty
So stoney and...
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Categories:
prison, christian,
Folsom Prison Blues-FIt is 9:17am on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
As I was leaving Folsom after an early morning doctor's appointment,
I crossed a very familiar intersection that I...
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Categories:
prison, children, family, god, memory,
Look I Do Have a HeartYour so pretty and so smart
It's no surprise you stole my heart
It aches and breaks when we're apart
You write me such sweet poems, cuz your...
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Categories:
prison, father daughter, father son,
Lifesometimes i am afraid to open my eyes, scared of what i will see
a life full of mistakes, regrets and bad choices that i knew...
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Categories:
addiction, conflict, prison,
Faith, Pain ,and ReliefAn elderly man I knew ,
( who had no issue)
about fifty years ago
was well known among the local
and neighbouring residents
for his knowledge...
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Categories:
prison, extended metaphor, father daughter,
Home AloneAre you coming home?
Home to me,
Home to where you said you would be.
Are you coming home?
Home to me,
Home is the place...
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Categories:
prison, absence, grief, longing, love
A Chibok DreamIn Chibok once, I met a maid, three hundred was her name.
Brim-filled with hope and not afraid, her life like sheets was plain.
She had a...
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Categories:
abuse, africa, daughter, prison,
The Victim - Through Their Eyes 2You stood in the dock when the guilty verdict was read out …
Just a spotty youth with a cocky look in your eyes
Now sentenced to...
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Categories:
prison, addiction, how i feel,
On Days Like TheseIts always hard on days like these
To forget
The times spent together
Running through the fall leaves
Hunting in the mountains.
Its always hard on days like...
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Categories:
prison, dad, daughter, emotions, father
CellI am with you in your cell
reading cheap drugstore
literature.
I am with you in your cell
though you curse me, and the spring.
Your mind, macabre.
I am with...
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Categories:
prison, addiction, corruption, farewell, father
I'Ll Never Marry YouYou're as mean as a Grizzly Bear and you think that I'll marry you.
Get that notion out of your head because it's something I won't...
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Categories:
abuse, mother daughter, prison,