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.
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
21st May 2024 10:51pm
21st May 2024 10:51pm
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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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
17th May 2024 9:28am
17th May 2024 9:28am
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
237 reads
2 Comments
NaughtyByNature
Tiffany143
Tiffany143
Poem Published
14th May 2024 5:35pm
14th May 2024 5:35pm
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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2 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
1st May 2024 10:45am
1st May 2024 10:45am
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
168 reads
8 Comments
faithmairee
Poem Published
19th Apr 2024 12:16pm
19th Apr 2024 12:16pm
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
196 reads
14 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2024 6:36pm
3rd Apr 2024 6:36pm
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
158 reads
6 Comments
NANCY_RDZ_STORIES
Poem Published
1st Apr 2024 8:38am
1st Apr 2024 8:38am
A PRISONER'S EYES
You will only see me cry
You might be lucky to hear me weep
Or to see me stream live
Nothing I want more than to keep
More than a demo shut-eye
I am trapped with psychotic people
That makes it hard to live simple
To solely sleep
How I envy those who snore deep
I want to rest with no agony
Lay my head on my pillow happy
Yet it's not sadly
Yes I'm a prisoner in this damn family
They don't give a damn
What I suffer
I'm just a woman
Nothing will differ
I feel so bitter, nothing sweeter
then...
You might be lucky to hear me weep
Or to see me stream live
Nothing I want more than to keep
More than a demo shut-eye
I am trapped with psychotic people
That makes it hard to live simple
To solely sleep
How I envy those who snore deep
I want to rest with no agony
Lay my head on my pillow happy
Yet it's not sadly
Yes I'm a prisoner in this damn family
They don't give a damn
What I suffer
I'm just a woman
Nothing will differ
I feel so bitter, nothing sweeter
then...
#sadness
#anxiety
#dark #prison
#dark #prison
252 reads
4 Comments
Thor_Azine
Poem Published
25th Mar 2024 5:41pm
25th Mar 2024 5:41pm
Putting In Work
One thing I’ve learned in life
when it comes to survival on the yard,
in the office, or at home
you have got to put in work
Sometimes it’s filthy work
other days it’s shit work
nothing ever gets accomplished
if your hands don’t get dirty
Sure, I may be a functional sociopath
but my goals will be met and the
dreams will be realized why, because
I’m willing to put in work
Nowadays I’m a corporate shot caller
they know my philosophy that a knife-less
man is a lifeless man and that I will ...
when it comes to survival on the yard,
in the office, or at home
you have got to put in work
Sometimes it’s filthy work
other days it’s shit work
nothing ever gets accomplished
if your hands don’t get dirty
Sure, I may be a functional sociopath
but my goals will be met and the
dreams will be realized why, because
I’m willing to put in work
Nowadays I’m a corporate shot caller
they know my philosophy that a knife-less
man is a lifeless man and that I will ...
#LifeGoals
#prison
#job
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8 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2024 2:00pm
22nd Mar 2024 2:00pm
#Prisoner#
i am a prisoner
of my mind who
craves control
over my soul
& my thoughts
Over my belly
i let her in gave
her a home of
which She is
now the owner
it's lonely here
cold & hopeless
She won't let me
listen to my needs
won't give me the
proper nutrients
i'm stuck in this
prison and i can't
seem to break free
am i sentenced to life?
of my mind who
craves control
over my soul
& my thoughts
Over my belly
i let her in gave
her a home of
which She is
now the owner
it's lonely here
cold & hopeless
She won't let me
listen to my needs
won't give me the
proper nutrients
i'm stuck in this
prison and i can't
seem to break free
am i sentenced to life?
#prison
#EatingDisorder
272 reads
16 Comments
bookrabbit
Lu
Lu
Poem Published
18th Mar 2024 3:47am
18th Mar 2024 3:47am
An Island in Time
An Island in Time
I am a prisoner
A trapped person
A homeless person
A package passed about
Unwanted
Washed up here
In this room in the air
Only the view of the clouds
Keeps me sane
As I wait
For my release
For the resumption of time
For my descent
Back into life
Back among people
Back out under the sun
And the rain
And into the wind
To be blown along
As time passes
...
I am a prisoner
A trapped person
A homeless person
A package passed about
Unwanted
Washed up here
In this room in the air
Only the view of the clouds
Keeps me sane
As I wait
For my release
For the resumption of time
For my descent
Back into life
Back among people
Back out under the sun
And the rain
And into the wind
To be blown along
As time passes
...
#prison
#FeelingTrapped
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
17th Mar 2024 10:12am
17th Mar 2024 10:12am
Badge of Dishonor
Was once a convict
You're a cop who is corrupt
Who will they believe?
You're a cop who is corrupt
Who will they believe?
#corruption
#honesty
#prison
129 reads
8 Comments
Lowko
Jimi Tatz
Jimi Tatz
Poem Published
17th Mar 2024 6:59am
17th Mar 2024 6:59am
Brixton Snow
1992, Brixton Prison, a golden dreadlock Snowy, plays his position, cooling in his cell and watching some television.
He walks with a limp through the wing, his boat bares a grin, and they say, "Have you got a pebble in your shoe and ting?"
Sporting circle sunglasses just like John Lennon, they cover his mince-pies, he is one fly felon.
He was a ragga MC, and he spat pure Patois. He didn't make generic hip hop, like your average rapper.
Now he is released from the shovel and pick, he's got his eyes on the prize, so he won't miss a trick! ...
He walks with a limp through the wing, his boat bares a grin, and they say, "Have you got a pebble in your shoe and ting?"
Sporting circle sunglasses just like John Lennon, they cover his mince-pies, he is one fly felon.
He was a ragga MC, and he spat pure Patois. He didn't make generic hip hop, like your average rapper.
Now he is released from the shovel and pick, he's got his eyes on the prize, so he won't miss a trick! ...
#city
#music
#prison
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