Prison Poems
#prison
Prison poems, here you'll find poems written in prison about being incarcerated in a jail or penitentiary. Prison poems offer views on crime and punishment, and what it's like to be locked up in jail, serving a sentence, or awaiting trial. Poetry about how prison and a criminal background can affect your life. Also poems about whether prison is the right way to rehabilitate criminals.
Sterile Relief
We only have
jails because few
humans have the
energy to punish
another human who’s
done them in
with a full
complement of reciprocation
to their pain,
the kind that
requires daily commitment
to making life
a living hell
until they’ve either
forgotten or forgiven
the offense. Humans
in pain aren’t
inclined to buckle
down, they feed
the bears, live
with the banshees,
handle snakes, leap
from cliffs, drive
others to drink, ...
jails because few
humans have the
energy to punish
another human who’s
done them in
with a full
complement of reciprocation
to their pain,
the kind that
requires daily commitment
to making life
a living hell
until they’ve either
forgotten or forgiven
the offense. Humans
in pain aren’t
inclined to buckle
down, they feed
the bears, live
with the banshees,
handle snakes, leap
from cliffs, drive
others to drink, ...
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#denial
#grief
#morality
#prison
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Drink the Koolaid
The silence of sheep appalls me
Walking on either side of me
How many of you took the jab
And how many times, how many
We don't talk about that
Pretending to walk in a cloud of unknowing
The people who forced sick elderly to stay in old folks homes
To pad the numbers, they needed deaths
Deaths gave reason to treachery
Whose only true reason was basest tyranny
How did you like your masks
Did you keep those souvenirs
Learning how to obediently distance
Simon says, "Jump!"
Did you just jump or did you ask...
Walking on either side of me
How many of you took the jab
And how many times, how many
We don't talk about that
Pretending to walk in a cloud of unknowing
The people who forced sick elderly to stay in old folks homes
To pad the numbers, they needed deaths
Deaths gave reason to treachery
Whose only true reason was basest tyranny
How did you like your masks
Did you keep those souvenirs
Learning how to obediently distance
Simon says, "Jump!"
Did you just jump or did you ask...
#death
#drugs
#freedom #prison
#freedom #prison
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Religious Maniacs
Little Harry Sack was barely 5 years old when he found out by his parents that his heart was wicked
His parents were religious fanatics, who read the good book each and every hour
They isolated little Harry from the rest of the world
His father worked on the farm producing milk & meat to sell in town
His mother was a stay at home mom, strict and overbearing
Many of the locals didn't even know Harry Sack existed
His parents taught him that in order to be faithful to the lord, you must do what we say or want
Harry was given chores from morning till...
His parents were religious fanatics, who read the good book each and every hour
They isolated little Harry from the rest of the world
His father worked on the farm producing milk & meat to sell in town
His mother was a stay at home mom, strict and overbearing
Many of the locals didn't even know Harry Sack existed
His parents taught him that in order to be faithful to the lord, you must do what we say or want
Harry was given chores from morning till...
#family
#memories
#prison
#religion
#violence
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Help Thy Neighbor
The neighborhood got together and helped watch each other's houses to try and cut down on the crime that plagued them
Every night, one of the residents would make a sweep of the neighborhood with his car
Signs were put up in the windows of every house saying that there was a Neighborhood Watch in effect
The effect worked
The crime rate went down drastically
One night, one of the residents actually made a citizens arrest
He caught a burglar trying to break into his next door neighbor's kitchen window
Later that month there was a block party
All of...
Every night, one of the residents would make a sweep of the neighborhood with his car
Signs were put up in the windows of every house saying that there was a Neighborhood Watch in effect
The effect worked
The crime rate went down drastically
One night, one of the residents actually made a citizens arrest
He caught a burglar trying to break into his next door neighbor's kitchen window
Later that month there was a block party
All of...
#learning
#prison
#support
#TruthOfLife
#violence
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Looking out for herself
She told the police on her boyfriend
They nailed him with a suitcase full of heroin
He was tried & sent to jail
She was paid in full the money that she was promised for helping out
She moved into a nice apartment
After a while, she got some letters from him
He didn't know that she was the one that had set him up
His letters were full of declarations of eternal love
The only thing that kept him going was thinking of her each & every day he sat in his rotten, stinking cell
She laughed at the letters and threw them away
After a few...
They nailed him with a suitcase full of heroin
He was tried & sent to jail
She was paid in full the money that she was promised for helping out
She moved into a nice apartment
After a while, she got some letters from him
He didn't know that she was the one that had set him up
His letters were full of declarations of eternal love
The only thing that kept him going was thinking of her each & every day he sat in his rotten, stinking cell
She laughed at the letters and threw them away
After a few...
#apathy
#heartbroken
#prison
#rejection
#suicide
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I'd do it all over again
As I await death row
There's something I think you ought to know
I have no remorse for the woman I killed
All died by my hands, this was the ultimate thrill
I have a list here of each girl, their age and how they died
Some had memento's I kept near my bedside
They all deserved to die, for the filth they were
Some were on drugs, while some were drunk on liquor
Here's my list in year order:
Melissa age 18, dead in 1994, cut her throat as she bled to death on the floor
Mary age 18, dead in 1995, disemboweled her in my kitchen, she pleaded,...
There's something I think you ought to know
I have no remorse for the woman I killed
All died by my hands, this was the ultimate thrill
I have a list here of each girl, their age and how they died
Some had memento's I kept near my bedside
They all deserved to die, for the filth they were
Some were on drugs, while some were drunk on liquor
Here's my list in year order:
Melissa age 18, dead in 1994, cut her throat as she bled to death on the floor
Mary age 18, dead in 1995, disemboweled her in my kitchen, she pleaded,...
#confessional
#murder
#prison
#rhyming
#LifeChangingMoment
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Father Knows Best
Forget who you are
Just remember who I am
You obey the rules
You'll be perfectly fine
You disobey the rules
I'm your officer, judge, jury & executioner
I will make your life a hell that you can't ever escape
Ok son, time to get ready for bed
Just remember who I am
You obey the rules
You'll be perfectly fine
You disobey the rules
I'm your officer, judge, jury & executioner
I will make your life a hell that you can't ever escape
Ok son, time to get ready for bed
#father
#home
#prison #son
#prison #son
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DAYDREAMING
Wide awake but still chasing dreams
Yet life seems to happen in between
With a keen sense of direction & focus
I lean on my magic like it's hocus-pocus
I won't just allow for it to dry, wither & die
Even with clipped wings, I keep trying to fly
Flying high above life's frozen, barren fields
Vast plantations where dreams are habitually killed
Filled with unfulfilled or deferred aspirations
Where equations equate to actions of desperation
Adding up to expirations or recidivous incarcerations
As the mastication...
Yet life seems to happen in between
With a keen sense of direction & focus
I lean on my magic like it's hocus-pocus
I won't just allow for it to dry, wither & die
Even with clipped wings, I keep trying to fly
Flying high above life's frozen, barren fields
Vast plantations where dreams are habitually killed
Filled with unfulfilled or deferred aspirations
Where equations equate to actions of desperation
Adding up to expirations or recidivous incarcerations
As the mastication...
#birds
#deception
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#prison
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Listen to your Spirit
Surrender had me drowning
from the flesh that I was in
So I hit my knees and prayed to God
And that's where we begin.
We now can be connected
as we were sometime ago
The time when we pushed
others out To reap
the peace He stow.
Props to God for working
all hours through the night
If we are to fight this battle
he must be insight.
The path was laid out simple
with protection all around
Our ego always plotting
How to lock us in the ground.
Abundant was our blessings ...
from the flesh that I was in
So I hit my knees and prayed to God
And that's where we begin.
We now can be connected
as we were sometime ago
The time when we pushed
others out To reap
the peace He stow.
Props to God for working
all hours through the night
If we are to fight this battle
he must be insight.
The path was laid out simple
with protection all around
Our ego always plotting
How to lock us in the ground.
Abundant was our blessings ...
#faith
#graveyard
#prison
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From the skies above
During that dead silent morning
We weren't informed, there was no warning
The initial revelation
Of an alien invasion
Created a stir in the nation
Threatening confrontation
No escape, from any location
People ailing from starvation
Beings exploit our creation
Resulting in death, or some mutation
Aliens performing amputations
Everywhere lies excessive devastation
Suicidal conformation
Someone save us from salvation
The Final Revelation
We weren't informed, there was no warning
The initial revelation
Of an alien invasion
Created a stir in the nation
Threatening confrontation
No escape, from any location
People ailing from starvation
Beings exploit our creation
Resulting in death, or some mutation
Aliens performing amputations
Everywhere lies excessive devastation
Suicidal conformation
Someone save us from salvation
The Final Revelation
#aliens
#dark
#death
#prison
#rhyming
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Busted
Brought up on
Charges of loving you
It's true I love you
Through and through
There's no way
That I can win
It's official now
That the jury's in
Charges of loving you
It's true I love you
Through and through
There's no way
That I can win
It's official now
That the jury's in
#love
#lover
#prison
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Descent
Then I fall and stumble
and I get back on my feet
as if things had wings
and support me in the air
and the lungs were so full
that I could no longer breathe.
A scream runs through the veins
and takes the ghosts with him
to the open gates of hell,
where the many-headed dog awaits his pay.
All my skin trembles under the itching
of unknown desires left on the floor
or floating in gusts of wind.
Discontented, distraught and obscure
my blood spills
on the foreheads of inhuman animals
that populate the...
and I get back on my feet
as if things had wings
and support me in the air
and the lungs were so full
that I could no longer breathe.
A scream runs through the veins
and takes the ghosts with him
to the open gates of hell,
where the many-headed dog awaits his pay.
All my skin trembles under the itching
of unknown desires left on the floor
or floating in gusts of wind.
Discontented, distraught and obscure
my blood spills
on the foreheads of inhuman animals
that populate the...
#heartbroken
#hell
#mystery #prison
#mystery #prison
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