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Sad Prison Poems

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


Premium Member 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,



Premium Member Recluse
heart 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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Categories: prison, depression, hurt, mental health,

Premium Member Detachmeant
the more man possesses, the more he must protect
imprisoning himself within his own suffering, 
unknowing that all things are impermanent....

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Categories: analogy, identity, prison, sad,

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,

Dear Jane
Dear Jane;

My dear sweet animal…We have been left astray. for the strings of mankind torment me so, in my sparrows rusted birdcage.

It may have only...

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Categories: prison, animal, miss you, ocean,



The Key
Locked in a cage, all by herself
She keeps screaming out for help
As loudly as she can
But the key is in her hands
 
People walk by,...

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Categories: allegory, girl, life, prison,

Things Discarded
my friend is awake
we watch snow melt as it falls on the concrete outside.
"well, another season" is what he says.
they come and go here -...

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Categories: prison, anxiety, endurance,

Nous In Malibu
-Nous In Malibu-

What is the most invaluable thing in existence and yet inherently toxic to hold? Knowledge. The more you have, the more you desire....

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Categories: prison, creation, death, earth, faith,

Hooligans
Armed to kill with their guns and batons, 
How can we defend ourselves against them, 
Hooligans in uniforms with weapons, 
Police preaching peace and protection,
Yet...

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Categories: abuse, prison,

Snail Sealed Away
Trapped in slothfulness
Trapped in spiral labyrinth
Will she leave her shell





Inspired by a mosiac art of snails in Aquileia Basilica. Explained here: https://theomagica.com/blog/visit-to-a-gnostic-sanctum-aquileia

Aquileia's official website explaining...

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Categories: prison, allegory, analogy, animal, dark,

Game Face
Parked at the side of the road
She cries the same salty, sad tears that she cried yesterday
And the day before that
Seems to be the norm...

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Categories: anxiety, cry, prison, sad,

The Fule Lord
The 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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Categories: prison, america, analogy, anger, bullying,

In Jail For the Holidays
I was so angry that I wanted to give my wife a slap.
She went to the mall and a baby was kidnapped.
She kidnapped the baby...

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Categories: baby, christmas, holiday, prison,

Nights Wake
-Nights wake-


The night is dead. Longs for absurdity, what’s left is a heart of fire.

The abomination of the fallen. Serotonin left astray. Beg for the...

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Categories: blue, hate, humanity, prison,

Premium Member Could I Ever Be Free
I was in my greenhouse,
Sad and alone.
When I noticed an invasion
of one small sparrow that intruded my domain.
It hit the shaded glass panes,
attempting to escape...

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Categories: adventure, prison,


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