by Darryl Ray Easter, Kern Valley State Prison Shackles on my feet,Held to stand for long ago criminal plans,Blind to living without no sense of direction,Wrong by first impression,Held to jurisdiction discretion,Gavel weighed down by judicial leverage.Awoken from this daydream by confinements,Torments of so much time loss to life,Clocks broken now my hope re-opened,What … [Read more...] about Poem: Second Chance by Darryl Ray Easter
Poetry
Poem: Still We Try by Greg Y. Shiga
by Greg Y. Shiga, CSP-Corcoran Still we trySome may notice and cryis it the first timewe have been for some timemore to it and more to dopicking up those to include toocultural conflicts but for libertyhaving been on the road with none feeuntil the day we are all freedjustice earning every deed … [Read more...] about Poem: Still We Try by Greg Y. Shiga
Poem: Genuine Freedom by Keith Soanes
by Keith Soanes, Suwannee Correctional Institution All of Us or None,we want freedom,i.e., the power to determinethe destiny of our own community;and we are not talking for fun.Some say “vote,” some say “run”to keep the plutocracy in place,blocking everything, now, even the sun.Just like on the plantation,trying to catch up to massers,who got 400-year headstarts,in a race, … [Read more...] about Poem: Genuine Freedom by Keith Soanes
Poem: Bars by Matthew Feeney
Our bodies locked behind steel bars But Our wrists shackled by handcuffs Our Our legs bound by manacles Dreams Our tongues tied by threats Escape Our dreams controlled by therapists to a Our futures dimmed by obstacles Better Our past an eternal scarlet letter World. … [Read more...] about Poem: Bars by Matthew Feeney
POEM: The Face of Emmett Till
by Shawn Block, Western Illinois Correctional Center Face the face of Emmett Till ‘til justice finds him whole.Face the wounds that haunt us still, still restless in his soul.The balooned orbs where cheeks should be,the bludgeoned smile that we can’t see.Look upon the gruesome marks of Jim Crow’s heavy toll. Peer into the casket, gasp at evil’s wicked hand.Peer into the … [Read more...] about POEM: The Face of Emmett Till
