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Water Prison Poems

These Water Prison poems are examples of Prison poems about Water. These are the best examples of Prison Water 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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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prison,

Water Rations In a Prison Cell
after Ho Chi Minh

I
The stone basin holds
still water. The still water

drinks the arid sponge
as rays of pure energy

slake their thirst on
the ebon wings of crows

II
Yangtze...

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Categories: imagery, prison,
Solitary Confinement 1
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four


Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning 
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water...

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Categories: prison, africa, body, character, emotions,
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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© Mr Pickles  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prison, animal, miss you, ocean,
Premium Member Bridge of Sighs
the story goes 
that convicted criminals crossing from court to prison
to be executed 
or locked away in dank windowless cells 
received one last look at...

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Categories: prison, beautiful, life,

They Have Made Life Money Based
I have toothpaste because I paid money.
I watch TV for the same reason.
And this money thing is far from funny:
Without it you are as in...

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© Abel Jae  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: prison, anti bullying, anxiety, crush,
To the One That Only Survives
Who in life
          only survives,
          truly I...

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Categories: prison, allusion, analogy, appreciation, metaphor,
Lifeline
jacks my name
i used to drink
destroying my body
what did i think
couldn't see the real world
hid in a bottle ,just to be safe
 it was a...

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© Andy Ervin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: angel, betrayal, prison, self,
Premium Member I Got Troubles On My Mind
That mean old August sun
he just keeps on beating me down
The heat I am sweating from
makes me look like I have drown
A swig of water...

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Categories: august, betrayal, longing, prison,
What If
What If

  You live in a Matrix that you don't know, what is really happening around you.
That there are people that wish to control...

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Categories: prison, allusion, america, anxiety, betrayal,
Goldfish In Bowl
Confined in a  bowl of silver bubbles 
human eyes to view, hurled and thrown 
round and round, aimless drift in orbits 
a prison of...

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Categories: prison,
Freeman Cave
I cherish my freedom
Hard earned though it was
Through the abolitionist railway
And those who supported the cause

An African slave,
though free upon birth
I was sold as a...

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Categories: africa, america, freedom, prison,
Andersonville Prison, 1864
“Is this place Hell” a prisoner asked his first day there; 
No, just a stop along the way. 
Andersonville Prison, 1864. Hell Upon Earth.

The hounds...

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© Steve Zak  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: america, history, prison, war,
The Expired Burglar
When a burglar ate some of my expired food, it made him expire.
The next day I learned that an attorney was who I needed to...

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Categories: prison, death, food, funny, humor,
Premium Member Cross Talk
The Romans are honorably remembered for their great achievements. Two 'stand outs' in my mind would probably be the Roman roads and the Roman Law.
Nevertheless,...

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Categories: prison, bible, christian, death, easter,

Book: Shattered Sighs