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What I Miss?
Steven Nicholson
It’s their annual book that they do. It’s really cool, and so they’re going to allow my family to come and do a public reading at the University of Michigan, so that’s really awesome. I… Full Transcript
Please Know Me
Karen Brown
Hello, this is Karen. I’m recovering from surgery still and feeling a little rough, but today I wanted to share a poem that may give a little insight to who I am, and others. We’re… 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
Masterpieces
Steven Nicholson
Hi, everybody. This is Steven Lynn Nicholson in Jackson, Michigan. I’m here again promoting and asking for support for prisonradio.org, University of Michigan, Prisoner Creative Arts Program. Great organizations as always. This poem is specific… Full Transcript
The Prison Dramatist
Larry Stromberg
Hi, it’s Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. My poem is entitled “The Prison Dramatist.” The Prison Dramatist Incarcerated for a terrible choice.Overwhelming remorse. Unfortunately, the past can’t be changed. It’s written in history. For… Full Transcript
Assata
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
“Assata,” by 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… Full Transcript
America The Lie
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
“America the Lie” by Kevin Rashid Johnson. Everything in America is inverted,Every ideal it professes, perverted. Take, for example, the name ‘Department of Defense,’ Which makes absolutely no sense. Its only role, invasions And infiltration… Full Transcript
It’s Not Over
Larry Stromberg
It’s Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem “It’s not over.” It’s not over. Know what has happened, Where you’ve been, What you’ve done. It’s not over. Whether having addictive parents, Abusive… Full Transcript
Original Rap
Steven Nicholson
Hello everybody. This is Steven Lynn Nicholson again, over here in Jackson, Michigan, doing an old poem/verse. First song I did back when I was, like 16 years old, just pulling something out of the… Full Transcript
Prisoner Creative Arts Program Recharge
Steven Nicholson
My Prisoner Creative Arts Program [PCAP} out of University of Michigan. Song number three. PCAP recharge.PCAP recharge.Every single week I need my PCAP recharge.Art is sparked from hurting hearts.PCAP pulled the broke about the dark.PCAP… Full Transcript
Christmas Peace
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania. This is my poem, “Christmas Peace,” for anyone who’s struggling during the holidays. So, “Christmas Peace.” Struggling during the holidays,Incarcerated with suicidal thoughts.Memories of the past control… Full Transcript
Penitentiary Theater
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, SCI-Phoenix in Pennsylvania. And, this is a redraft of my poem called “Penitentiary Theater,” which will be published with PEN America, the Zen Remnants, Remnants of You. So, this is “Penitentiary… Full Transcript
Death Comes and Death Goes
Steven Nicholson
Hello everybody, it’s Steven Lynn Nicholson again here in Jackson, Michigan. As always, help fund and donate to prisonradio.org, not that they’re asking, but I am, and PCAP, Prisoner Creative Arts Program in University of… Full Transcript
Free Casino
Joseph Bigelow
**** my life. I was given life without the possibility of a parole date. Back against this cage, suffering, Knowing we can be judged for mistakes made when we were 20. Forever. Ignorance, far from… Full Transcript
Broken Growth
Steven Nicholson
Hello, everybody, Steven Nicholson again in Jackson, Michigan. Two poems for you. This one is called “Broken Growth.” It is a letter—a prompt of a letter to my future self. As always, help support prisonradio.org.… Full Transcript
Grasping For More Life
Steven Nicholson
Hey, everybody, it’s Steven again here in Jackson, Michigan. As always, you know, support prisonradio.org. They’re great. They’re awesome. They’re doing things that are just mind-blowing. Support them. Support PCAP, Prison Creative Arts Program, from… Full Transcript
Perception
Steven Nicholson
Steven Nicholson again here in Jackson, Michigan. I’m going to do this poem called “Perception.” This poem is inspired by the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. It’s something that’s put on through PCAP,… Full Transcript
A Free Mind
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg from SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem “A Free Mind.” A Free Mind Waking up at 3 a.m. in prisonIn cold sweats Mind racing and screaming in the darkness.Feeling… Full Transcript
Facing The Prison Demons
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, and my poem today is called “Facing the Prison Demons.” Facing The Prison Demons Every day, every night,The demons come and torment the incarcerated. The sounds, the noises.These demons come in… Full Transcript
Hey, Steven Lynn Nicholson again here in Jackson, Michigan. As always, support prisonradio.org, Prisoner Creative Arts Program out of University of Michigan. I may promote this again, but I’m promoting it again now, March 22,… Full Transcript