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My Onion, Your Onion
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com This is a poem I wrote called “My Onion, Your Onion.” My Onion, Your Onion In East Asia, green onion is the original onion,The standard,… Full Transcript
Call to Goodness
Larry Stromberg
Hello, this is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This is my poem entitled “Called to Goodness.” Called to Goodness I never considered myself a criminal. I’ve always been a person who loved… Full Transcript
Hawks Leer In
Rowan Gibson
This is Rowan Gibson, one of the Prairieland Defendants. Please go to prairielanddefendants.com. I have another untitled poem. Caged songbirds gaze out at their bloody, broken friends. Boots stomp their fragile bodies into the earth.… Full Transcript
Untitled Poem
Rowan Gibson
This is Rowan Gibson, one of the Prairieland Defendants. Please check out prairielanddefendants.com. This is an untitled poem. Starving for touch, Captors’ hands are poison Feeding me death Through clothes and my skin. My body… Full Transcript
Judge Pittman’s One Man Show
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com. This poem is called “Judge Pittman’s One Man Show”. Judge Pittman’s One Man Show First, he got rid of the jury by the clever use… Full Transcript
Budae Jjigae
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielandedfendents.com. This is a poem I wrote called “Budae-jjigae.” When I see budae-jjigae, I see U.S. occupation, War devastation, Korean mothers forced to sex work to… Full Transcript
Mind Control
Larry Stromberg
Hello this is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This is my poem entitled “Mind Control.” Mind Control Standing in the designed standard Created by the powers that be, Controlled by the… Full Transcript
And What Of Me
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairwielanddefendants.com. This is a poem called “And What of Me?” And what of me? My heart is fragile. My mind is weak. Tears and frustrations come easy. I’ve… Full Transcript
The Criminal Arena, Part 1
Larry Stromberg
Hello, everyone. This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, I’m going to read my poem, “The Criminal Arena.” So, without further ado, “The Criminal Arena.” This is part 1, “The… Full Transcript
If You Die In This Country
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielandefendents.com. This is a poem I wrote called “If You Die in This Country.” If you die in this country, there will be no justice, no… Full Transcript
Champagne Song Reads Rebecca Morgan’s “K(no)w
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com. This poem is “No,” by Rebecca Morgan, my friend and co-defendant. Please write them a letter. K(no)w What does it mean to always have a… Full Transcript
Sunshine
Maricela Rueda
My name is Marisela Rueda. Folks call me Mari. I am a Prairieland defendant being held in segregated housing in Johnson County [Texas] and I have just been informed it is due to my being… Full Transcript
Silent Cell
Larry Stromberg
Hello, this is Larry Stromberg at SCI Phoenix, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, I’m going to perform my poem entitled “Silent Cell.” Silent Cell Amongst the chaos of incarceration, Noises bang. Noises rattle. Noises yell… Full Transcript
Rot Starts at the Top
Maricela Rueda
My name is Maricela Rueda; Folks call me Mari, and I am a Prairieland defendant being held in Johnson County Jail in segregated housing. I’m going to do a poem that is most often performed… Full Transcript
Water, Part 2
Steven Nicholson
Hello, everybody. This is Stephen Lynn Nicholson here again in Jackson, Michigan. As always, support prisonradio.org. Support the Prisoner Creative Arts Project in the University of Michigan, two great organizations that do things for us… Full Transcript
Water
Steven Nicholson
Good evening, everybody. This is Stephen Lynn Nicholson here in Jackson, Michigan, of course, as always, support prisonradio.org. Support Prisoner Creative Arts Project out of University of Michigan; great, great, great endeavors they do to… Full Transcript
Stardust
Steven Nicholson
Hello, everybody, Stephen Lynn Nicholson here again in Jackson, Michigan. As always, support prisonradio.org, support Prisoner Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan- great people doing great things. I call this poem, Stardust, for… Full Transcript
Trial By Fire
Larry Stromberg
Hello, this is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem entitled “Trial by Fire.” Trial by Fire Battle-born and torn, Surviving chaos and beyond some, It’s trial by fire. It’s blazing. Dark… Full Transcript
Guilt
Larry Stromberg
Hi. This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. Today, I’m going to quote my poem entitled “Guilt.” Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving kindness, and Thy tender mercies. Psalm 51:1.… Full Transcript
This is Champagne Song. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com. This is a poem called “Childhood Ruins.” In my childhood, there was a forest where I played. It was a dirty suburban strip of leftover land. Trees and… Full Transcript