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Humanity and Transparency
Burnell Kelly
Prison Radio, how y’all doing out there today? This is Burnell, coming to you once again, aka Abdul The Black Sheep. I’ve been incarcerated for 36 years. Oftentimes, people will look at somebody behind 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
Like a God
Spoon Jackson
When haters pull me up from the ground, breaking my roots, I’ll get my nourishment from the air. When haters strive to drive me into the dirt, they inspire me to flow. They inspire me… Full Transcript
Heal
Spoon Jackson
Heal. Like a heart that keeps giving, I must keep believing in the power of healing. Sometimes I grind down so hard on my teeth I crack them during the night. I must wear a… Full Transcript
Misdirections
Spoon Jackson
Misdirections. People wonder why He tends to the plants like He does. Touching them. Them touching him. People wonder why He sits looking at the sky, tending to the birds. The bird sang to Him… Full Transcript
Struggle To Be
Spoon Jackson
“Struggle To Be.” I don’t want to give loneliness freelance to do its thing, but ultimately, sometimes it happens anyway. So long it has been since my body has been where it wanted to go.… Full Transcript
Denied
Spoon Jackson
Denied. This life, a collection of sweet and bitter memories. The dreams are fantasies, made up of forgotten tomorrow that may be played out or remain forever lost, deep within the deception of the mind.… Full Transcript
In A Heavy Way
Spoon Jackson
I do not understand this drought in letters; it’s like a stream in Death Valley. I’ve been writing a lot of poetry. Perhaps they are letters to myself, for loneliness has touched me in every… Full Transcript
Raymond White The title to this poem is called “Invisible to a World.” I have been invisible to a world for so long. Am I even still considered a human being? The sun, moon, stars,… Full Transcript