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Makes Me Special
Steven Nicholson
This is Steven Lynn Nicholson here in Jackson, Michigan. Just got a little poem for you guys. As always, support prisonradio.org. Support University of Michigan Prisoner Creative Art Project, anything like that. I mean, anything… Full Transcript
Sojouner
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania. This is my poem entitled “Sojourner.” Through the worst actions of my life, Actions given, Actions taken, Given again and again, Taken again and again,A destiny of… Full Transcript
Less We Have, The More We Give
DeAngelo Betts
Same sad story, but it’s [unclear] my Mother Teresa. My mother. Ms. Almita Taylor, was laid to rest ?/25/25 due to Alzheimer’s disease. She was 72. I’m very grateful for the 49 years unconditional love… Full Transcript
My Favorite
Steven Nicholson
Hey, this is Steven Nicholson again, here in Jackson, Michigan. Just shouting out prisonradio.org, you know, donate, help them out. Think of it as doing something for, you know, the little people that can’t do… Full Transcript
Everyone Should Be Thankful
Raymond Eugene Jenkins
Hi. This is Raymond Jenkins calling from Corcoran State Prison and today is November the 24th. It’s the Thanksgiving month. I know Thanksgiving is Thursday, so inmates and prisoners wanted to wish everybody a happy… 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
A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Nicholson
Hello again, this is Steven Lynn Nicholson in Jackson, Michigan. I did not mean for that to rhyme, but it did. As always, thank you for listening to prisonradio.org. Support them. They’re great people. All… Full Transcript
Lame & Other Poems
Steven Nicholson
Hello everybody. It’s Steve Nicholson again. I’m here in Jackson, Michigan. I got three or four poems for you guys. These poems for my Prisoner Creative Arts Program, University of Michigan, Michigan poetry class, writing… Full Transcript
Chaos In California
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Look at what you see in California. What is unmistakable is the aura of chaos, and I speak, not here, about the demonstrators. They are, in large part, reacting to government intrusion into their lives;… Full Transcript
The One From End
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, and today I’m going to do a poem called, The One From End. The One From End Once had a friend from the planet known as End, A time traveler from… Full Transcript
This is Assata
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Every little girl should know her name. From the bowels of repression and calamity, she came. Wrung poetic lyrics of love from raw pain. From a system designed to break, she remained untamed, gave herself… Full Transcript
Suffering
Faluch Bigsby
Greetings, fellow citizens, it’s me, Faluch Bigsby, author of God Uses Gangsters. You could find my book on any book [site], Amazon, Barnes and Noble any major location. Well, today I want to talk about… 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
Real Black Love: An Open Letter to My Grandchildren
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Good afternoon. This is brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, Indiana political prisoner, Indiana voice of the voiceless, calling in from Westville Correctional Unit. I have a open letter to my grandchildren that I would like to… Full Transcript
Guidance & Naima
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Sheik Bilal Abdul-Salaam Bey at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, KS. This is a poem called “Guidance,” using my revolutionary poetry name TRIP, also known as True Revolutionary In Power. I came… Full Transcript
How Do We Define Life?
Eddy Treadwell
How you doing, this is Mr. Eddie Treadwell calling from Alger Correctional Facility here in Michigan, and I would like to speak about how we define life. For one, we—as humans—we always find the need… Full Transcript
Valentines Day Rap
Izell Robinson
Minnesota inmate number 210006, Izell Robinson. Just wanted to do a quick little rap that I made kinda in honor of Valentine’s Day. So I hope you enjoy it. The last of anything we always… Full Transcript
Prisoners Need Love Too, pt. 2
Izell Robinson
This is Minnesota inmate number 210006, Izell Robinson. And this is part two to my piece, “Married or Dating while Confined: Inmates Need Love Too.” The love that inmates need is directly connected to them… 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
This is Larry Stromberg at SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania, and this is my poem entitled “Decades Descending.” Decades Descending Where is the time gone? Vanishing into the horizon past, Leaving a lifetime of memories, The… Full Transcript