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Success Prison Poems

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

Kingh

My cousin started molesting me at the age of 9. He said, “Don’t worry you’ll be just fine”. 
You told me I was special, said...

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Categories: prison, drug, goodbye, hate, life,

Deliverance

The bars of my cell are icy cold
I'll never see freedom is what I'm told
My destiny is an outsider looking in
Whenever I see her, she...

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Categories: prison, imagery, imagination, loneliness, lost,

Shadow Man

walks 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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Categories: prison, birthday, drug, grief, loss,

Window

I don’t see the point anymore to any of this 
After all, what’s popular today
will be passé in what seems 
the blink of an eye,...

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Categories: prison, age, growing up, loneliness,

Cuts Like a Knife

Failure is a razor sharp edge. 
Pierces the heart like an arrow. 
Cuts deep into the cartilage,
And does separate the marrow. 

Fault is prison without...

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Categories: pride, prison,

Under My Skin

I wonder who I am sometimes, what seems to be a universal phenomenon. As everyone remains looking to be someone other than themselves, because those...

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Categories: prison, abuse, black african american,

It's Not Worth My Time

Being incarcerated in my prime. 
Constantly following the wrong crowd. 
Not making me or my family proud.
Constantly listening to any unintelligent individual.
Who doesn't care if...

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Categories: appreciation, blessing, dedication, prison,