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Jail Poems - Poems about Jail

Jail Poems - Examples of all types of poems about jail to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for jail.
Crypt and Memories of the Past
...Crypt and memories of the past I feel like a corpse in a morgue, I am already that, a living dead My crypt is so cold, dark, blind darkness everywhere, life after life I got up, but the door was......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, death, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The last verse is not the song
...Jack sits in the wheelchair in the grass a rebel nerd, he thinks of the time when he cycled up Teton Pass by a stream through walls of pine Obsessed, this viewpoint vampire his memory full of ......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, change, freedom, life, old,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Look Closely
... Written: May 21, 2024, For Edward Ibeh Contest “If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossibl......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
You Broke Me
... You say you love me but still disrespected me I hate you I opened up to you just for you to hurt me Is that how you love somebody? Is there a medicine for heartbreak? I can’t even eat b......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mama's Excuses Do Son no Favor
...Mama Excuse Smooth talker Jurisdiction Bamboozles school Now he’s eighteen Consequence Jail Time ......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, mother son, parents,
Form: Ninette



Premium Member Bipolar Man dies False reports
...Sorry no fear from A bipolar inmates sending terrorists threats through political powers instead of sending me threats from Man die Queen pin for a day giving false statements how's that going she's ......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, america, corruption, sweet, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Love Is Not Always Love, Part I
...I hear folks say it, “Love is love,” a mantra they like to repeat, it’s said with such vapid sureness you’d think it was bleatings of sheep. But if you stop to think of it, turn the thought over......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, emotions, evil, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme
Brief Mane n Tail shampoo tall tell tale
...Brief Mane n' Tail shampoo tall (tell) tale Living social amidst crime infested urban jungle bumping uglies cheek to jowl analogous fate being housed in jail escape room of great outdoors ......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, adventure, anger, animal, beach,
Form: Rhyme
A thing so splendid
...A thing, a thing so beautiful that even the evil eyes consider it as a obsession. Something so fragile that it can break a person into many pieces, a thing that one experience once in their lifetime......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member MESSY MANDIE
...Sad place when Lucifer sits behind a desk allowing severe repeat violent offenders to give false statements falsified documents in order to frame innocent persons from behind bars after over 20 convi......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, anti bullying, corruption, evil,
Form: Free verse
We're Gonna Feel Just Fine
...My friends said C’mon let’s go, let’s head on down to Mexico.’ We’ll drink up all their tequila and we’ll snort up all their blow. My friends said c’mon let’s go, out to Aspen, Colorado. We’ll snu......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, poetry,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Mountebank
...Do you know the movie “Catch Me if You Can?” DiCaprio stars as the perfect con man. His exploits of impersonation and fraud had me - as I watched the film - feeling awed. In this film, DiCapr......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Radicalizing Our Young
... Radicalizing Our Young Miracle Man 5/1/2024 The college protest problem, isn’t insurmountable. But a good first step to take, is holding activist accountable. They travel through......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, abuse, america, angst, evil,
Form: Quatrain
Forever After Meeting
...The moment I laid eyes on you, I knew I finally found God's perfection. All the beauty He crafted and sculptured, Created you without any correction. I wonder if there were circumstances, Wher......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, beautiful, best friend, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Land Of The Free
... They put you in jail But this is America The land of the free Rich people have wealth And politicians steal it Lining their pockets With record prophets They surely forgot Jesus Par......Read the rest...
Categories: jail, america, anger, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse

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