Short Prisons Poems
Short Prisons Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Prisons by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Prisons by length and keyword.
Battling plastic faces veiled
behind charcoal framed prisons—
I breathe your ardent soul to
life in this bland world.
Categories:
prisons, feelings, life, love, world,
Form:
Dodoitsu
dream
to dream without a conscience
is for the weak and vulnerable
it gives them a chance to break free
from familiar prisons
Categories:
prisons, conflict, dark, desire, emotions, feelings, identity, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Bricks and cement do not make walls for a prison
Only cruel minds and premeditation
Is it not murder?
Is it not fraud and theft that locks one in?
Categories:
prisons, prison,
Form:
Imagism
Commencement frees the sprit within
Lurking dormant beneath our skin
Sentenced to prisons they call school
Liberation's rejoicing, spirit's fuel
Categories:
prisons, conflict, freedom, happiness,
Form:
Couplet
When the last human rules
Humanity shall enjoy last liberty
Then come reign by science fiction
Humane calls will end
Iron fist will reign
Prisons will end
Categories:
prisons, allusion, leadership, science,
Form:
Free verse
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stick a quarter in
speak az loud az you can dear
prisons not all bad
* "tel" abbreviation for telephone
Categories:
prisons, betrayal, humor,
Form:
Senryu
Castles and prisons seem cold
High ceilings
Icy walls
Rules galore
Who would want to live there?
Not me.
Princess or prisoner.
I want neither role.
Castles and prisons seem cold.
Categories:
prisons, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
You all pray
for yourselves
ah now it matters
who, pray tell cares
about the children in camps
you empty prisons
yet fear the little children
more than any virus
moral decay
Categories:
prisons, abuse, america, children, discrimination, horror, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
I pledge allegiance to to the flag
and the corporations
which it upholds
(and to the gmo's and burgers for which it stands)
One nation under corporatism,
indivisible,
with prisons and earphones for all.
Categories:
prisons, america, anger, fear, philosophy, usa,
Form:
I do not know?
Cascaded moments
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prisons
of untold happiness.
Erupted purposes
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Categories:
prisons, life, loss, love, recovery from...,
Form:
Free verse
Inspiring music
uplifting art
riveting narratives
challenging our beliefs
Where are they
in the schools of today
tedious, drudge-work prisons
where imagination wastes away
Categories:
prisons, art, education, literature, loss, music,
Form:
Rhyme
Impenetrable fortresses built from stones of regret,
reinforced with concrete mistakes we can never forget.
Confined within these walls only your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves.
Categories:
prisons, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Impenetrable fortresses built from stones made of regret
reenforced with the concrete of mistakes we can never forget.
Confined within these walls only your guilt here shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves.
Categories:
prisons, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Impenetrable fortresses built from the many stones of regret,
re enforced with the concrete mistakes we can never forget.
Confined within these walls only your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves.
Categories:
prisons, depression, prison,
Form:
Rhyme
All the pure thinkers
are slave to the Poet
Their theories self-serving
whose quotients divide
With ‘facts’ that convict them
to prisons constructed
From every transcendence
— their numbers can’t hide
(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: May, 2025)
Categories:
prisons, poets, prison,
Form:
Rhyme
Impenetrable fortresses constructed with stones made from regret,
reinforced with the concrete mistakes one can never forget.
Confined within these walls only you and your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves.
Categories:
prisons, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Impenetrable fortresses constructed from stones made of regret,
reinforced with the concrete of mistakes we can't let go or forget.
Confined within these walls only you and your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves.
Categories:
prisons, prison,
Form:
Rhyme
In the nighttime sky
Fiery stars bleed
Casting aside what binds them
Freeing themselves
From distant prisons
Never to come back
Jumping from invisible woes
Platforms deteriorate
Free-falling forever
Into outcast oblivion
Taking in the atmosphere
To burn out
And disappear
Categories:
prisons, fantasy
Form:
Imagism
So greedy
taxing my taxes
sending me to prison
but can't feed me
Never believing it's true
blind to the truth
until it happens to you
Trying to find out whats right
alone my struggles for life
Building more prisons
less schools
nobody seems to listen
We are under attack
Categories:
prisons, life
Form:
I do not know?
Words are cures and killers.
Each flick of tongue or wrist, there lies a decision,
Twin pillars:
Heal and maim.
Will you build new dawns or prisons?
Self-same
You, them:
Applied visions,
Prey?
Words are cures and killers
Will you build new dawns or prisons?
Pray?
Categories:
prisons, character, extended metaphor, perspective, self,
Form:
Rhyme
take my pure sweet senses into---------Love
ecstasy before my soul completely---- Defies
dries up and withers in infinity-------------Prisons
taking me to the end road ----------------Thereof
creeping out of my spirit of love---------Cry’s
for you my darling resonate all----------Reasons
Categories:
prisons, dedication, devotion, life, love, passion
Form:
Free verse
#7: POETRY
Words falter voice
A certain finesse
Words declare poise
In silent witness
You are poetry
My lover dear
Psalm of beauty
Yes now and here
In a mad spree
The truth speaks well
Love prisons me
Free in my cell
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
26 January 2021
Singapore
Categories:
prisons, allegory,
Form:
Quatrain
There is no problem with overcrowded prisons
Don’t worry
All the jails are overcrowded
You have to make a reservation
These days
Go for one more traffic violation
Indulge in your crimes
Bring a cushion
When it is your turn
And the waiting is over
When all the prisoners stare at you
You know you are at home
Categories:
prisons, social,
Form:
I do not know?
Love
Not felt, nor seen
Lost….
Forgotten, lost to the waves
Waves of hurt, bobbing away
Locked, in prisons of their own making
Cut off from the shore
Shores not seen a while, marooned
Till the rocks of culpability, to break
To open a heart, shipwrecked
Shipwrecked in a sea of delusions
Shipwrecked in a sea of angst
Categories:
prisons, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Give them life,
another chance,
don't condemn,
try, and understand.
Addicts need help,
someone who cares,
don't put them away,
they need love, and prayers.
Prisons are for criminals,
the murderers, and such,
addiction needs rehab,
a place that can do much.
Many Judges,
in our courts today,
realize intervention,
saves.
Categories:
prisons, hope, life, people
Form:
Narrative