Women Prison Poems

My perception of the world is illusory art
The darkness is absolute
Women suffering violent abuse
From the one who said, “I do.”
Men and women  pushing dope
To...

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During the Second World War, people were panicking everywhere in the world.  And of all continents, Asia was one of the most devastated in...

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I got my mind on my money and money on my mind/
Cat scan if you like you'll tell I ain't lying/
Verse One
Money is all I...

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Perhat Tursun

Perhat Tursun (1969-) is one of the foremost living Uyghur language poets, if he is still alive. Born and raised in Atush, a city...

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She knows
To well
Her country

Irina Ratushinskaya

Its people
He sprouts
The truth

Mohammed  Abbou

They don’t want to hear it
Amongst these people

Riad Al-turk

As they do
What evil does

Shirin Ebad

Tape her mouth
Plug...

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The 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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“Soul Cry”



Yeezy you da best
Not ice cold soulless 
You gotta big heart
Wanna be next U.S. Pres'
You now swingin' with da rest
with your delusional pal 
That...

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Phase:1


I found myself in a market..,
Market of human cattles.,
Trying to get through the situation.,
My wrists were tied with metals..
It was half past seven.,
Neglecting all my...

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Stop Abusing Women 

A man saw a beautiful woman 
in white cloths 
She was going to church. 

He called her, 
pretty come to me please
She...

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MY POEM ABOUT DEPRESSION 
A dark place, A wet slimy wall and a damp cold floor, A refusal to surrender or to be seen as...

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My Daddy was a good man
Son of a preacher man
When I looked at Paw, I often saw
A Bible in his hands

Well, he lived a good...

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“I NEVER ENROLLED”



I'm inside the car.
it's 6:45.
just before 6
I heard the words:

why do you do that?
why do you lead them on?
why is it fine you...

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You can see, yet you do not see
A hole, where a heart should be
You can hear, but do not heed
The screams and cries of those...

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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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I should've known something was wrong when my dad started getting sick.
My Stepmother is evil and for many weeks, she poisoned him with arsenic.
It was...

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