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I’m Worth Saving
Karen Brown
A friend sent me a story the other day about a favorite breed of dog of mine. It’s the Jack Russell. He was being rescued. He had 11 fractures. He was scared, and most people… Full Transcript
Home
Larry Stromberg
Hi, it’s Larry Stromberg at SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania. This is my poem entitled “Home”. Home Every day I wake up in prison, I think of home. Even decades in the pit, I dream of… Full Transcript
Aging in Prison
Larry Stromberg
Hi, it’s Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem entitled, “Aging in Prison.” Aging in Prison Sentenced to life. Decades fly by swiftly. Write up free.Program compliant, Education completed. Excellent block reports… Full Transcript
Automatic Steve and Other Poems
Steven Nicholson
Hello. This is Steven Lynn Nicholson again in Jackson, Michigan. Got a few poems for you today. As always, support Prisonradio.org. Support Prisoner Creative Arts Program. Shout out to any of them who are listening.… Full Transcript
2 Months, 6 Days
Karen Brown
Two months and six days. That’s all it took to decide the course of my life. It was that brief span of time, the amount of time that I knew my co defendants, that has… Full Transcript
Incarcerated
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg from SCI Phoenix and this is my poem entitled “Incarcerated.” Incarcerated Truth be told, I’ve been incarcerated all of my life in some way. Abused, beaten, controlled, Used, confused, and betrayed.… Full Transcript
Prisoner Creative Arts Program Inspires
Steven Nicholson
Hey guys, it’s Steve again. I just wanted to just preface this poem with letting you know that when you hear the mention of the word PCAP, I explained this before, but it’s the Prisoner… Full Transcript
Broken
Faluch Bigsby
Hello world. This is me, Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I’m going to say the topic of this segment is called “Broken”, because right now, my life’s broken, my spirit’s broken,… Full Transcript
Shattered Dreams On This Earth
Izell Robinson
Today I’m gonna do a original piece, a rap that I wrote titled, “Shattered Dreams on this Earth.” Watched them [unclear] of words right up off the street,As if Black Lives Matter stood for nothing,Like… Full Transcript
Today’s Yesterday
Raymond White
This is your current contributor, by the name Raymond White; poet, writer, artist. Please share this very special poem I wrote for everyone who suffered the tragic disasters that the LA county wildfires caused. Today’s… Full Transcript
Traumatic Existence
Larry Stromberg
Traumatic existence Echoing night terrors.Living on a tight rope. Twisted memories. Triggers push me over the edge. I’m in chaotic recovery. Hear my cries [inaudible], Someone pray for me For I can barely pray for myself. I’m… Full Transcript
New Beginnings
Faluch Bigsby
Hey, y’all this is Faluch Bigsby, author, “God Uses Gangsters.” Today, I want to talk about new beginnings. Sometimes, what the devil meant to be bad, God’s always going to make it to be good… Full Transcript
Moving Mountains
Raymond White
This poem is called “Moving Mountains.” I am this mountain. Can you see me? See me? See me? See me? I’ve seen mountains move for agesMy eyes scanning through the rocky brown and dark green peaks… Full Transcript
Moving On
Faluch Bigsby
Today’s message is going to be; Moving On. I want to start with this nice quote from a lady named Miss Robinson here at Madison Correctional. She’s one of the ATs that helps a lot… Full Transcript
Hope
Raymond White
Hope for most of us stretches millions and millions of miles away. We become trapped inside a closed cell of fear and guilt, a bitter solitude. Hope is that thing where you can picture it’s… Full Transcript
As Long As I Live To Love
Raymond White
It’s crazy how certain types of human calamity are right now being set right in front of us. Knowing that someday we as living beings will be put back down to the low surface of… Full Transcript
“If I Must Die” Palestine Poet Refaat Alareer Presente
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rafeef Ziadah – “We Teach Life, Sir” “SI DEBO MORIR”. POETA PALESTINO REFAAT ALAREER ¡PRESENTE! En Español (English translation below) Por Mumia Abu-Jamal En las primeras décadas del Siglo XX, miles de mujeres y hombres Negros… Full Transcript
A Prayer
Izell Robinson
This is Minnesota inmate #210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice fighting to be heard. I only want you, the listeners, to hear me. I’m endeavoring yet again to be heard.… Full Transcript
Fasting and Prayer
Marsha Byrd
Hi, my name is Marsha Byrd, and my inmate number is 1258690. I’m here in Las Vegas, a private women’s prison, and I’m here for a DUI that went bad. And I took a deal… Full Transcript
Hello, everybody. This is Larry Stromberg at FCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem, “The Mirror Doesn’t Lie.” The Mirror Doesn’t Lie When I look into my prison cell mirror, All I see is… Full Transcript