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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.


Prison
Prison walls
containing
or repelling
end life...

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Categories: prison, confusion, depression,
Form: Haiku



Today's Gitmo
Guantanamo 
prison of debate
which side is in the right?...

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Categories: prison, political,
Form: Questionku
Premium Member Papillon Perserves
cranial cocoon
caterpillar compromise
butterfly escape...

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Categories: depression, evil, humanity, prison, uplifting,
Form: Haiku
Book - Les Miserables By Victor Hugo
this great story is comparable ~ to parables in holy writ...

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Categories: freedom, french, paris, prison, suicide,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Jell-O
Jell-O it seems
is a prison dish
   #metoo told you so!...

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Categories: prison, abuse, child abuse, emotions, pain, social, women,
Form: Free verse



Funeral
Love a prison inside of me
Death, the one who set me free...

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Categories: prison, angst, atheist,
Form: Couplet
The Golden Fleece
Cherished gold
illuminating
eyes glint leaving emptiness...

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Categories: cry, dark, evil, lust, prison,
Form: Haiku
Positions
Possession 
Position
Poison  
Prison 
One to one relevant...

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Categories: prison, character,
Form: Free verse
Tesseract
The hypercube cage
The Tesseract is its name
Unstable prison...

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Categories: prison, surreal,
Form: Senryu
Confined
Stand behind the line. 
Read the sign. 
No touching allowed....

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Categories: angst, desire, longing, love hurts, prison,
Form: Tristich
32
Even a thick fog
On a warm winter morning
Dont hide prison gates...

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Categories: prison, nature,
Form: Haiku
5
Surrounded by snow
A red prison bench sits calm
Alone in the dark...

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Categories: prison, nature,
Form: Haiku
Fortynine
In dreams we venture
Prison of violet walls
Torrid flow of time...

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Categories: prison, mystery, nature,
Form: Haiku
Prison
Prison walls are black
Violence and pain inside
Never to be free...

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Categories: prison, loss
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Village
a village raised a child ~ but the village was filled with idiots....

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Categories: prison,
Form: Monoku
27
A prison tower
Bleak in the cold distant dawn
Sits and stares at me...

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Categories: prison, nature,
Form: Haiku
The Barber
harvests all grass
growing in every head, beard
boils it for soup...

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Categories: humorous, prison, satire,
Form: Haiku
Reflections
unable to touch
sad reflections of my past
but things are made new...

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Categories: prison,
Form: Haiku
My Prison
I know this is hell
thru all the pain and pleasure
i see my prison...

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Categories: prison, life
Form: Haiku
Prolific Letter
From his prison cell,
Under a Birmingham sky:
His heart responded....

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Categories: prison, history
Form: Senryu
Unbecoming
A trial court judge
who’s authorized to decide
is locked in prison....

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Categories: prison, irony,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member 20 To Life
tall walls, life on hold
suspended animation
thick concrete, damp air...

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Categories: life, loss, prison,
Form: Senryu
A Prison
A prison of fear
Walls pretty, safe and glass clear
Still a prison here...

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Categories: prison, fear, people, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Around My Brain
Kings resemble Worlds
tears from silent streaming stars
rosary circles...

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Categories: character, games, prison, religion, repetition, western,
Form: Haiku
Confinement
confinement in my home
a prison with mental bars
my mind wants to escape...

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Categories: prison, anxiety, extended metaphor, health,
Form: Free verse