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Mom Prison Poems

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


I See You - Part 1
Dear Single Mother,

Who Works two jobs of 12 - 14 hour days to keep the lights on, & to feed little Johnny.

I See you!



Single Father...

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Categories: prison, black african american, courage,



Premium Member 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,

Premium Member Sticky Fingers
My neighbor, who has sticky fingers,
lifts merchandise fast, never lingers.
Inside her big jacket
each item, she'll pack it--
fine necklaces, rings, even Zingers!

Her P O saw her...

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Categories: money, prison,

Trumperie
Our President wants us to see
A Justice as mean as can be
Pack tots in cages
Deny their mom wages
And tell them they'll never be free...

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Categories: prison, child abuse, children, culture,

Being In a Prison
There you are
On the other side of the window
You look sad and scared
Wondering where your son is about to go

You tell me you miss me
And...

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Categories: prison, 9th grade, arabic, celebration,



A Chibok Dream
In 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,

Resurrection
Screw my father
that I never knew.
If you take the blame
screw you, too.
Help my family
my Mom, Grandparents, and my Brother.
Let them live happily,
and get along with...

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Categories: prison, allusion, anger, appreciation, art,

Premium Member Early On
Early On

Sitting there alone in class
they said it wasn't cool.
He should not bring his bible
to read while he's in school.

The gave him detention
and they took...

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Categories: prison, abuse, addiction, analogy, anger,

Freedom Was Always Calling - a Poet's Prison Memoir
Throughout the years of bars and fences, several things kept me from falling
My Faith in God, My Mom, My Writing...and, that Freedom Was Always Calling
The...

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Categories: prison, freedom, imagination, jesus, loneliness,

Heroin
I am 18 years old
I just found out that I spend most of my time sleeping, 
I am obsessed with it. 
I have lived for...

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Categories: prison, dad, dream, fear, growing

Entering Prison
As the man enters the jail, his belongings are searched and he watches just watches as photos of his mom, sister and of his new...

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Categories: prison, life,

Through a Prison Glass
You came unexpectedly, and i was surprised,
you smiled and placed your hand on the glass and cried.
I leaned my head against the glass and told...

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Categories: prison, brother, confusion, daughter, family,

Prison Cell
Never had a mom,
Dad was never there.
Orphaned in my own home, I'm lost and scared
My home is broken,
I find no comfort.
Locked in my room.
Ashamed of...

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Categories: prison, childhood, confusion, family,


Book: Shattered Sighs