Poems About Prison Seeking Honest Critique
#prison
TodaysTomSawy3r
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
Poem Published
27th Aug 2023 9:39am
27th Aug 2023 9:39am
"Smash Mouth" (Parody of "All Star" by Smash Mouth)
#politics
#GunControl
#America
#prison
#nonfiction
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Hearica
Poem Published
24th Aug 2023 9:52pm
24th Aug 2023 9:52pm
Chained
I want to scream, let my lungs burst.
Maybe then you'll hear me, find me.
Run to me, yet, I know you can't.
Chained, bound by your past.
Locked away to only speak in brief. moments, leaving me saddened.
So I'll weep, for you, my dear.
Lest the tears create a river to your door.
Maybe then you'll hear me, find me.
Run to me, yet, I know you can't.
Chained, bound by your past.
Locked away to only speak in brief. moments, leaving me saddened.
So I'll weep, for you, my dear.
Lest the tears create a river to your door.
#prison
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Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
19th Aug 2023 1:56am
19th Aug 2023 1:56am
Whole Life
Letby faces becoming only the second woman alive to be handed a whole-life order, meaning she would never be released from prison, when she is sentenced. The boys' parents described the nurse as a “danger to everyone” and said she should never be released.“ - Josh Halliday, “‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses“, The Guardian, Fri 18 Aug 2023
A glistening van
in the rain
outside a courtroom.
A polished, oaken box
with brass rails.
An oil painting of
a woman weeping in the dock.
A pale...
A glistening van
in the rain
outside a courtroom.
A polished, oaken box
with brass rails.
An oil painting of
a woman weeping in the dock.
A pale...
#murder
#violence
#prison #tragedy
#prison #tragedy
210 reads
4 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
4th Aug 2023 4:26am
4th Aug 2023 4:26am
Arraigned Again
He’s been arraigned again like the world’s worst businessman
Who the hell gets taken to court that many times in their career?
Criminals and grifters always get caught and popped, like blisters
He can’t seem to win a court case while everyone else cheers
Who the hell gets taken to court that many times in their career?
Criminals and grifters always get caught and popped, like blisters
He can’t seem to win a court case while everyone else cheers
#prison
#morality
256 reads
4 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
1st Jun 2023 3:52pm
1st Jun 2023 3:52pm
Sequestered Heart
I have desires
Not unlike yours
Fever
Temptation
Outlaw
Fringe
Taking you prisoner
Sequestered heart
Bound to the bed post
To be used
You'll never be free
Prayers answered
Not unlike yours
Fever
Temptation
Outlaw
Fringe
Taking you prisoner
Sequestered heart
Bound to the bed post
To be used
You'll never be free
Prayers answered
#sex
#BDSM
#prison
#pagan
#manipulation
400 reads
20 Comments
Anxiety
Poem Published
7th May 2023 9:05am
7th May 2023 9:05am
Perception of addiction
Hey I don’t know if I’m going to jail on Monday
I don’t know if they’re going to drug test me on Monday
But I do know if they do I’m going to cry
I’ll probably be dry
Dry heaving while I’m crying trying to pee in a cup
While a stranger watches this great show my anxiety will create
I’m terrified the judge is going to look at me
And say in the most polite and professional way
Go fuck yourself
And I will do as he:she says
In cuffs
Hands and ankles and I will go back to the striped...
I don’t know if they’re going to drug test me on Monday
But I do know if they do I’m going to cry
I’ll probably be dry
Dry heaving while I’m crying trying to pee in a cup
While a stranger watches this great show my anxiety will create
I’m terrified the judge is going to look at me
And say in the most polite and professional way
Go fuck yourself
And I will do as he:she says
In cuffs
Hands and ankles and I will go back to the striped...
#addiction
#prison
#support
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HadesRising
Poem Published
7th Mar 2023 10:47pm
7th Mar 2023 10:47pm
A SONNET FOR LILITH
Tonight the forlorn raven sang
Upon my quill and parchment
The gallows call to me
To take my place
Inside my shallow grave
So brackish, the vermin
Swarm over me
Beneath the hanging tree
I vomited blood on the page
As a sonnet set to flame
Lilith is the succubus of my dreams
As the haunted moon crests those pregnant skies
The wolves rending the night with winter screams
Worrying the quivering flesh tonight
Weep not for Lilith worship her instead
As nocturnal beasts fall under her...
Upon my quill and parchment
The gallows call to me
To take my place
Inside my shallow grave
So brackish, the vermin
Swarm over me
Beneath the hanging tree
I vomited blood on the page
As a sonnet set to flame
Lilith is the succubus of my dreams
As the haunted moon crests those pregnant skies
The wolves rending the night with winter screams
Worrying the quivering flesh tonight
Weep not for Lilith worship her instead
As nocturnal beasts fall under her...
#love
#dark
#fate #prison
#fate #prison
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
13th Feb 2023 9:19pm
13th Feb 2023 9:19pm
Extended Stays Of Vacays
From cotton fields to '94 crime bills
We still fill positions in their prisons
Transitions from cell to cell in living HELL
To dwell like retail to fulfill other's visions
Deplorable conditions as we're sold like stock
Tic toc goes the clock as tick marks grace walls
Not all are emancipated so, dejected, they dock
Locked like a PC outside of P.C. until they all fall
There needs to be a recall on nonviolent offenders
Fathers and mothers asunder can't raise their kids
LIFE vacays should only parlay rapists and killers ...
We still fill positions in their prisons
Transitions from cell to cell in living HELL
To dwell like retail to fulfill other's visions
Deplorable conditions as we're sold like stock
Tic toc goes the clock as tick marks grace walls
Not all are emancipated so, dejected, they dock
Locked like a PC outside of P.C. until they all fall
There needs to be a recall on nonviolent offenders
Fathers and mothers asunder can't raise their kids
LIFE vacays should only parlay rapists and killers ...
#corruption
#LifeStruggles
#prison
#HumanRights
#greed
399 reads
2 Comments
jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2023 00:33am
2nd Feb 2023 00:33am
Uprising
The darkness
You cannot understand
It was meant to snuff out hope
But she walled the halls
Took care of the sick
Ailments
Of the mind
The soul
She cooked their meals
Embodied their mother
The fire
For their every impulse
But she was too kind
Too innocent
To kill
An angel with a living pulse
In this prison
She went out in the cold rain
Late at night
To kill
And flay
The islands game
She cooked the meat
Brewed it in a stew
Fed it to...
You cannot understand
It was meant to snuff out hope
But she walled the halls
Took care of the sick
Ailments
Of the mind
The soul
She cooked their meals
Embodied their mother
The fire
For their every impulse
But she was too kind
Too innocent
To kill
An angel with a living pulse
In this prison
She went out in the cold rain
Late at night
To kill
And flay
The islands game
She cooked the meat
Brewed it in a stew
Fed it to...
#corruption
#prison
#inequality
400 reads
2 Comments
anomalousmelon
Yitzhak
Yitzhak
Poem Published
26th Jan 2023 5:26am
26th Jan 2023 5:26am
Doggerel Rambling about Drugs
#America
#drugs
#prison
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0 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2023 6:53pm
23rd Jan 2023 6:53pm
Master(s)piece
Whomever chooses to paint me as a villain
I'll give a paint brush & canvas then let 'em begin
I don't spend an abundance of time trying to change minds
Not gonna be a slave and placed in perception's binds
I find that I'm often misunderstood by some
Miscalculation & disinformation in their sum
Far from a bum and too worldly for sainthood
Refusing to be a merry man of any Robin Hood
Got a good heart but won't depart from my manhood
Trying to stay cool, calm, & collected doesn't feel good
It's understood despite...
I'll give a paint brush & canvas then let 'em begin
I don't spend an abundance of time trying to change minds
Not gonna be a slave and placed in perception's binds
I find that I'm often misunderstood by some
Miscalculation & disinformation in their sum
Far from a bum and too worldly for sainthood
Refusing to be a merry man of any Robin Hood
Got a good heart but won't depart from my manhood
Trying to stay cool, calm, & collected doesn't feel good
It's understood despite...
#peace
#misunderstood
#prison
512 reads
7 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
17th Jan 2023 7:49pm
17th Jan 2023 7:49pm
Slangin' & Bangin'
Youngins out here screaming Gang Gang
Banging leading to joining the Chain Gang
Hanging like strange fruit growing rotten
Living conditions of ancestors picking cotton
Forgotten after hearing the clanging of those bars
Not talking bout Hip-Hop stars rapping witty bars
A far crying eye from potential that's being snuffed out
Others profiting by exploiting those choosing that route
Banging leading to joining the Chain Gang
Hanging like strange fruit growing rotten
Living conditions of ancestors picking cotton
Forgotten after hearing the clanging of those bars
Not talking bout Hip-Hop stars rapping witty bars
A far crying eye from potential that's being snuffed out
Others profiting by exploiting those choosing that route
#prison
419 reads
3 Comments
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