Short Prison Poems

Short Prison Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Prison by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Prison by length and keyword.


Insomniac Prison

Out of step was I in my insomniac prison, finally breaking out to recapture some of my circadian rhythm.




2-14-18
Form: Monoku


If Walls Could Talk

Sentenced wrongly
  imprisoned well

The bars a fortress
  —where voices dwell

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Form: Rhyme

Black Mold

black circles
mold spores on prison walls...
spreading day by day!


For Charles Henderson's "Haiku your way" Contest
Form: Haiku

I Am Here Waiting

I am here
in a farm
in the cold
in Yaldabaoth’s charm
waiting for Christ’s arm
I am here



This is a celae poem.
Form: Other

Hourglass Prison

The quicksand of life ever flowing
struggle to be bound within its knowing
liberation lies beyond the illusion controlling
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Contemplating Life

contemplating life
youth freedom and the daisy
through old prison bars



AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on July 31, 2018
Form: Senryu

Facebook

Facebook is like being in prison, 
you sit down and waste time, 
write on walls, 	
and get poked by people you don't know.
Form: ABC

Troubled Family

Father in prison,
kids without discipline;
more fights, alcohol and weed...
mother gone with tough boyfriend:
troubled family.
Form: Sedoka

Premium Member prison is for life

hotheaded action
a good friend is now deceased
sorrow and regret

alcohol and guns
a deadly combination
prison is for life
Form: Senryu

Saturday

There He lay as cold as ice, 
a darkened tomb His prison cell, 
until the dungeon filled with life 
& saved us from eternal hell.

Premium Member Prisoner

I knew you would be gone soon, but I wasn't prepared for this prison called  sadness. 

















10-11-16
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Burned To the Ground

So what
If I left this place
Burned to the ground
Without a trace
Could I go onward then
And finally forget
Being in the pen
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

CAGED BIRD



        


          bird trapped in a cage,
     tough singing, chanting, chirping...
           pain  never ceases...
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Delusion

addictive liaisons self-made prison make quiet the heart, hermit God alone is real 07-August-2021
Form: Kimo

Grains of Sand

Catching truth in the light
or trapped by the night

The hourglass a prison
—as twilight falls

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)

A Love Story In Notre Dame

With a rhythmic spell,
Quasimodo sounds his bell
In his tortured hell,
Esmeralda hears him yell
From his hunchback prison cell.
Form: Haiku

Heart's Melody

We're blinded by fear,
Prisoners of denial, 
Our hearts struck by spears,
Forgiveness gone on fatal. 
Love's a melody, so *****.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Lynette Squeaky Fromme

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme,
With Charles Manson did roam.
Tried to assassinate President Ford,
A prison cell was her reward.

2013
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Parakeets and Canaries

There are parakeets
and canaries flying here.
Gone from the pet shop,
they have escaped their prison
and are free to fly the sky.
Form: Tanka

Thirteen Dollars

We scrounged up
Every penny we could
The night the policemen took you.
We had thirteen dollars
For your five hundred dollar bail.
© Sun Lee  Create an image from this poem.

Strong Love Ties

In my life I broke all  the ties
to break out the prison of tight
now that i i held you in my heart
where no one will put us apart

Premium Member Jan-Nami

Black-eyed double cross
big trouble inkblot marriage
pick up the peaces?
malevolent storm mistress
beguiled mean streets surrender
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Prisoner

I've been in  prison for most of my life,
Not man made bars, I'm an abused wife.







Inspired By Epigram Contest
11-06/19
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Epigram

Mankind

Master me in all surfaces
point to history written
rules of selection in whim
await doors still re-open 
kinship prison of mankind

The Necessity of Jesus Death

The Necessity of Jesus’ Death

He has to die,
To keep the government together, or we will sigh.

I will cry,
Democracy will bye.
Form: Monorhyme

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