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Golden Nuggets
Steven Nicholson
This one is for the University of Michigan’s Prisoner Creative Arts Program. We call that “P-CAP.” It’s for the creative writing final I’m going to do here in two weeks. I call it, “Golden Nuggets.… 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
Dear Lord Jesus
Raymond White
Banished away from freedom, from bars to race chain shackles, my feet plastered onto a land of shadows. Straddling inside a grieving landscape built with metal and stone, my heart colds, spiritually devastated. I look… Full Transcript
Unnamed Poem
Steven Nicholson
This poem is unnamed. Final performance; the day after: torments. And my heart flutters with the pitter-patter of longing *PCAP family, truly our family cultivating a sense of belonging, The resounding resonance of missing our… Full Transcript
Just A No Name
Steven Nicholson
Alright, this is Steven Nicholson from Jackson, Michigan Cotton Correctional Facility. Been a long time, a little while since I’ve been on here. Now I’m back. This poem is called “Just a No Name.” Honing… Full Transcript
On Anger
Dallas Britt
Hi, this is Dallas. Britt, 225132, incarcerated at 7600 525 Street, Rush City, Minnesota, 55069. With the birthday celebration of Jesus coming up, let’s all be kinder for the rest of the month to each… Full Transcript
The Stolen 30 Months from the Corrupt Berrien County Court System
Edward Pinkney
Reverend Edward Pinkney from Marquette Branch Prison, over 500 miles from my home. The title, “The Stolen 30 Months by Corrupt Berrien County Court System.” Some of my personal suffering over the last few years,… Full Transcript
Clarity In Our Use of the Term Racism: Part 3
Mondo We Langa
Part three of the series “Clarity in Our Use of the Term ‘Racism’.” Sometimes wearing metal helmets and/or body armor and carrying firearms and/or bringing cannons and other weaponry that was unknown to the people… Full Transcript
Lamenting the Corruption of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It may surprise you to know that there’s another book coming out. A work of history inspired by the late Howard Zinn. A work written and co-authored by myself, Mumia Abu-Jamal and my co-author Stephen… Full Transcript
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