Prison Cell Poems - Poems about 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 flows from widows peak pooling briefly in the lock of a tired eye. Dirt and salt cry brackish tears before leaping from sallow chin, like rain from languid boughs III Frogs turn dirges beyond translucent glass, their croaks fold...

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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 it was winter I had ten minutes to speak with a small piece of soap then bucket and soap...

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Another moment goes by, another monumental stride day by day, year by year wind-borne dreams cascade amongst perpetual memories, gifts of light that penetrates through the windows of time, the clarity of it all giving hope to a fading prayer. the inept causeway a track into the unknown life’s a survey map The village supreme basks in the delicacy of a summer sunlight,...

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Seated in a cell of this prison world I watched the night sky Through a window, A tiny one Sealed tight by metal bars Seeming to tell me That mightier they surely are Mightier than me Mightier than everything else! The night sky is where freedom lies The night sky is where freedom loves Itself, Or other sorts of creation All like me Floating in glass cylinders Filled up with...

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a prison cell for me with six foot walls a grimy gray an eight foot ceiling mothen light today is nothing new my gruel will come to greet the noon Writing challenge 2 May 2019 Lind68868 Poetry Contest Sponsored by Dear Heart May 16, 2019 (a living theme)...

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CAUGHT UP INSIDE THIS PRISON CELL Yet On the Outside Someone Still Prays-- I find myself within the cross hairs My life is just a pen rail Circumstances got me tied to a chair Persist can’t I this impending cell Caught up inside this prison jail Someone on the outside yet still in prayer I stand alone here in err The heir...

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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 myself, Lost in my own thoughts of death and corruption. And no one ever cared, Without escape, I walk alone. So here I sit in this prison cell, Choking on their poison. Silence so loud, I...

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