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Prisoners Poems - Poems about Prisoners

Prisoners Poems - Examples of all types of poems about prisoners to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for prisoners.
Through the funnel of time, we are hurried like the wind - it doesn't stop to whisper
...Through the funnel of time, we are hurried like the wind - it doesn't stop to whisper, Life, swift and silent, flows in rivers of liquid sand. With each fleeting moment, the profound avoids us, cam......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



the new tyranny
...The New Tyranny  I had this nagging headache and went to see my doctor, his waiting room was full of humanity with an assortment of illnesses The table in the middle of the floor used to be full......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, absence, addiction, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
In the desolate temple of the soul, flesh weaves over bone a silent epitaph
...In the desolate temple of the soul, flesh weaves over bone a silent epitaph, Spirits lock thought within the ark of thought, and sometimes, a divine spark, And women in furies pour vessels into fra......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
THE MURMURES OF THE FIELD OF MARS
...They were exhibited as strange curiosities, They all had a face, a name, an identity on this land soiled by negrophobia. They looked without seeing, their eyes lost in the ruins of their humanity......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The part of me That Never Lived
...It is with tears in my eyes that I write these verses of hope, it is with tears in my eyes I climb the mountain of joy and stands on top of it and look at the distance that I am coming from; it is a......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, america, best friend, city,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Where's The Pink-Footed Goose
...Where's the pink-footed goose that evil-minded Warde tried to catch? Didn't the bird follow his shrieking horde? He was parched on the white oak over the small lake, On Monday he was startled by t......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, anxiety, bird, dark, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I WISH I HAD
... Assertive altruism always devoid of arrogance Benefits, bountiful to share with blessed elegance… Caring disposition midst compassionate heart forever Devoted, dedicated commitment, wavering n......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Milton Creek, Another Chapter
...The sun had just risen over town, it was a beautiful morning And outside Baker's new Bakery, a long queue was forming The aroma of fresh baking was lingering in the morning air Words alone can......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, america, western,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member How art thou fallen to destroy the land
...??Isaiah 14:12-23 KJVAAE?? [12] How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! [13] For thou hast said in thin......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, faith,
Form: Free verse
Create in me a pure heart O God Psalm 51:10-12 part four
...Create in me a pure heart O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant ......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Constrained not conquered
...Fellow prisoners..For such are we all. Our will contained At the very least, in the body of flesh, our time being as Long as it takes, for as long.? Or short as it is! Or maybe You are in a priso......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, appreciation, dedication, february, freedom,
Form: Didactic
Behind The Shadows
...He has been hiding behind the shadows staring at the world with his thick lenses; He has been hiding behind the shadows with the mirror staring back at him while his spirit composes a silent hymn. ......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, bereavement, business, celebration, change,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The World of Cannot 2020
...Alas, my sweet child you shan't! Get used to an insane, world of can't! Our brilliant brains are fully scrubbed, As sniling and kids in a foaming bath. Rub-y-dee, rub-y dee-dub. We've been bra......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, america, bereavement, change, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Senior City Center
...When I entered the City Senior Center with my Open Mic proposal to increase resilience and decrease apartheid dissonance I could hear no music, see no dancing. The quilting room and the ga......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, age, america, community, education,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Premium Member With God Forgiveness Is Forgetting
... 11 With God Forgiveness Is Forgetting Miracle Man 1/30/2024 Taking no prisoners is not God’s intent, we must be willing to forgive every day. Failure to do hinders Heavenly ascen......Read the rest...
Categories: prisoners, forgiveness, god, jesus, sin,
Form: Quatrain

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