Grief Prison Poems
These Grief Prison poems are examples of Prison poems about Grief. These are the best examples of Prison Grief poems written by international poets.
Recluseheart of compassion, stifled by rejection
conceiled with conscientious imperfections
marvel mind mortified by manmade mistakes
confined in constraint, no mental escape
flunking society's supposed expectancy,
failing...
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prison, depression, hurt, mental health,
EcstasyECSTASY
O morning breeze of West and South Asia
Let my soul sip sherbet
From your breasts like lily of the Incas
Nightingale of...
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prison, black love, cinderella, crazy,
Prayer Number 3what happened?
words pass by. i watch for a glimmer.
i still wait - there is no hurry, and i smile....
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prison, fate, grief,
Shadow Manwalks with trampolines on his feet
Cracks jokes with the mortician
Reminds you of drunk uncle Todd at any wedding ever
Chops oak trees with a single swift...
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prison, birthday, drug, grief, loss,
The Fule LordThe follies of fools
The lord of fools
The fools that are lords
a leader of the damned
Insane the minority of minions
Deplorable and disdained...
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prison, america, analogy, anger, bullying,
PrisonInvisible shackles,
Untouchable burden;
Silent noises,
Unseeable vision.
Am I in a prison?
Or left stranded under a shade?
From fruit of my poison,
Of all efforts that were made.
Hear Ye! Hear...
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prison, endurance, grief, people, work,
LifeThe tick tock,of this very loud clock,time goes really slowly,in this cell,with this big lock...i often sit and wonder " why oh why"did I end...
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grief, prison,
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is...
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prison, allegory, analogy, animal, cat,
Mad At MadoffConcrete walls, empty soul
Each day the past still calls
Another day kept inside
Things he did, they could not abide
Trails of bad, buckets of grief
Never a broker,...
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judgement, prison,
AccountabilityJust read in the papers
your name once more;
illogical the powers
which huddle unseen.
You sat in my class,
scholarship’s pilgrim.
I recall your nascent soul,
tranquil but with drive.
Now,...
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Categories:
prison, 11th grade, angst, death,
Taken To PrisonThe blue pile was hidden from her view
Left in a place to surprise her later
Left by an uncaring, unthinking lout
Who...
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prison, grief, life,
You Cheating SlimeHe's leading an investigation
About your manipulation
Facts going in his report
You've been busted, slowly caught
Cheating all over this town
One of these days you were bound
To make...
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Categories:
heartbroken, hurt, prison,
Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar Rohingyaaung san suu kyi MYANMAR Rohingya
Sad when human life become intolerable,
inhumane,
nauseating,
heartbreaking,
kids deliberately taken from their parents,
left to fend for their sustenance,
begging and pleading,
countless...
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prison, abuse, baby, dark, evil,
Good and Bad Faith CommunitiesPrisons fester further desecrating guilt by association
as churches
and synagogues
and temples
and mosques
foster sacred innocence through re-association,
communion of the wanna-be saints
and Bodhisattva suffering warriors
for EarthRights Peace and...
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prison, christian, community, culture, innocence,
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