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My Material
Robert Neibler
Hi, my name is Robert Neibler and the name of my piece is, “My Material.” It beats. I breathe. I rise. As I search this world for meaning and my shining light still I rewind… Full Transcript
The Rabbits Of Realness Zine
Spoon Jackson
Okay, this is spoon Jackson, trying to promote the Rabbits of Realness Zine publication. And I’m hoping you will check it out. Our first one is about how to write letters and it’s geared towards… Full Transcript
Spoon Jackson: Poet Laureate Nominee
Spoon Jackson
Spoon Jackson from Rabbits or Realness publication that will be online pretty soon. And I want to give everybody a heads up: it’s going to be ran by a person named Sarah Marie Bartorial and… Full Transcript
Wake Up Before Its Too Late
Izell Robinson
This is Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, a Minnesota inmate confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting for justice and to be heard. But in order to be heard, I need to the… Full Transcript
Forever You’ll Be Mine
Izell Robinson
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you to listeners… Full Transcript
Power To The People
Izell Robinson
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you, the listeners,… Full Transcript
Whats Lurking In The Hallway?
Stacey Anderson
Okay. My name is Stacy Anderson. My number is 821983. I’ve been incarcerated for 12 years and I was inspired by writing my own poem. I always had a vivid imagination, so I decided to… Full Transcript
How Did I Sin?
Spoon Jackson
How did I sin? How did I sin? I was not born into sin. I was born out of love. How did I sin? I am not Adam. Not an apple he bit. I’ve never… Full Transcript
Look Away
Spoon Jackson
Look away. It took a life sentence to show me how to love today, it took a life sentence to show me how to look away. Close your eyes if you don’t like the color… Full Transcript
Turning Point
Spoon Jackson
“Turning Point,” new poem for Meghan and Suzanna. I released the past, because forgiveness springs forward and hate falls back. I’ll never forget what I’d done, but I cannot go back and peel back the… Full Transcript
I Knew You
Spoon Jackson
Because I knew you. Before you were one word like Ali, Elvis, or Madonna, I knew you way back when the land was still icey and the wind was still heavy with dragons and other… Full Transcript
Keep Your Head To The Sky
Spoon Jackson
Okay, this is, uh, Spoon Jackson, formerly of Uncuffed Radio. They, for some reason, terminated my job there and I found nothing wrong. So I have this piece written for them, but since they terminated… Full Transcript
COVID-19 A Love Poem, Karma Death, And Vultures
Spoon Jackson
This is, uh, Spoon Jackson, and I got this little poem I wrote about COVID-19 before I was tripping with it, and I’m still recovering from it. COVID-19. I cannot imagine keeping social distance from… Full Transcript
Anything Worth Fighting For
Lexter Almagro
Anything worth fighting for is worth killing for, and everything worth killing for is worth dying for. [Inaudible] I have made myself responsible for all of my actions and my decisions. But if you will,… Full Transcript
In Solitary Confinement
Christopher Trotter
My name is Christopher Trotter. I’m calling from inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. I served 20 years in solitary confinement. And I just wanted to share something with you… Full Transcript
The Great Contradiction
Dontie Mitchell
“The Great Contradiction.” Last week, I was in my aggression replacement training, A-R-T, program that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision mandate certain prisoners to take, regardless if we need it… Full Transcript
A Question
Spoon Jackson
This is Spoon Jackson at Solano prison. Feel free to write me, get lonely in here and your feedback is good for inspiration. This poem is titled “Question.” Education is a friendship. You treat it… Full Transcript
Stricken
Spoon Jackson
“Stricken” by Spoon Jackson. I remember that Sunday morning tune, you snapping snap beans for dinner while rock doves cooed in the Oak trees. I thought you were the strongest person ever. I thought you… Full Transcript
Super Mouse
Spoon Jackson
I have forgotten how slick and comping the Lancaster mice were. How they shape shift from one dimension to another and ease through cracks so small one cannot see them. One mouse had- has now… Full Transcript
This is Steven Nicholson. I’m at Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI. And this poem is called “The Two Poem Poem.” At the end of each line, the word is pre-created with the rest of… Full Transcript