Death Prison Poems
These Death Prison poems are examples of Prison poems about Death. These are the best examples of Prison Death poems written by international poets.
Trick Up Her SleeveWritten by Gail DeBole
on April 24, 2024
He ransacked the dumpster near the vacant campground
Looking for small trinkets like a well-trained bloodhound.
You know the story. His...
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Categories:
prison, betrayal, death, murder,
Corporate AmericaGagged 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”,...
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Categories:
corruption, prison, work,
The Legend of Johnny CashI 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...
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Categories:
prison, death, dream, music, native
Black and WhiteIn 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...
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Categories:
life, murder, prison,
Recollections of a condemned man
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...
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Categories:
prison,
Accepting My PlaceIn my place nobody longs to die
but they don’t care to live their “like this”
In my place there’s echoes of silent outcry
enduring deaths slow burning...
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Categories:
prison, anxiety, conflict, death, discrimination,
Sardar PatelMemoriam of the Great Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Who was the first Vice Prime Minister and Home Minister
United each petty kingdom and state and made them...
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prison,
And To Thee An Hourglasssuddenly in a gap between talking, he was taken over
by a new page, turned mid flow, as he clutched his chest,
creases betraying a defeated...
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Categories:
prison, death, health, heart, judgement,
Wailing Idols of WoodUnder the sun and moon, flawed men linger in the cold
Who in the mist of darkness, cut and rip apart trees eons old
While...
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Categories:
prison, dark, horror, insect, irony,
The Pace of PeaceThe Pace of Peace
Br-a-a-a-a-a-ang! Goes my morning clock!
And from my bed, I flew.
Off goes the sheets and into the shower...
brush my teeth, and eat...
I better...
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Categories:
prison, peace, remember,
And Murdered in Her Bed(Oscar Wilde wrote that long poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" in 1897, quoted here. In it, a man met his death; for some decades...
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Categories:
prison, anxiety, death, emotions, fate,
Rock of Damnationfrom his rock he sends out a deadly summons
that calls
...
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Categories:
dark, prison,
Infernal Prison
We dance beneath a carousel of blood
Tears flowing from the eyes causing a flood
We're just damned by our own intentions
Brewed by our interpersonal tensions
Lightning lances...
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Categories:
prison, corruption, dark, death, evil,
No Racing Rat Is Indeed Above the LawNo racist rat is indeed above the law
Justice must be blind, fair, equal and raw
For all, in a democratic society
We are sick and tired of...
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Categories:
prison, bullying, evil, firework, insect,
Synthetic EpidemicYet another soul taken away.
Another family's loss is great.
Another time tears rolled down this face.
Why won't they realize its purpose and quit making these mistakes...
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Categories:
prison, abuse, addiction, drug, funeral,