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Crucial Times
Wilbert Sanders
“Crucial Times.” We reside inside a peculiar nation plagued by dark clouds of separation, overloaded from policies and restrictions deliberately causing disarray and confliction. Numerous walls are efficiently erected and showing the privilege remain protected… Full Transcript
Rain Down on Me
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Hello, this is a poem called “Rain Down on Me” in association with the commentary “A Storm is Coming.” It symbolizes the strength of rain and God’s vastness in purifying the land of evil, racism,… Full Transcript
Beauty in Cell Bars
Spoon Jackson
Beauty in cell bars. We locked ourselves up. Not because of the bars and steel that surrounds us. Not because life doesn’t bend to our every whim. But because of the projections we placed onto… Full Transcript
Go On
Spoon Jackson
My name is Spoon Jackson in that New Folsom Prison. And the title of the poem I’m reading is “Go On.” I cannot go on like this, but I will go on, on and on… Full Transcript
Life
Christian Weaver
The next poem is called “Life.” A skull on a stick, or a corpse in a cage, or a chest of old sweaters and bones, a convict so old, he forgets why he’s here, so… Full Transcript
Prisoner Blues
Christian Weaver
My name’s Christian Weaver. I’m calling from Mountain City, TN, contributing to the Cruel, Not Unusual Enough audiobook, and the name of my poem, the first poem, is “Prison blues.” You don’t know loneliness until… Full Transcript
Our Lives Matter by Rob G. Kelly: A Review
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rob G. Kelly’s new work of poetry screams from its very cover: “Our Lives Matter!” In an era of the Black youth movement, often termed “Black Lives Matter” by the corporate press and in fact… Full Transcript
Organized Crime
Wilbert Sanders
Hi, this is Wilbert Sanders, as Jazz the Poet, with a piece I call “Organized Crime.” After reviewing the situation of race relations within and out this complex nation, the disenfranchised hold United States guilty… Full Transcript
Bad News
A Little Help
Reason
Dark Days
A New Day
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events of last week continue to reverberate throughout national consciousness. The unprovoked killings by cops in the streets of America’s Midwest, and the subsequent killings of cops in Texas, show us that a new… Full Transcript
Who’s Running?
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders as Jazz the Poet with “Guilty Until Proven Innocent.” As a means in protecting the innocent From criminals with bad intent, Torture chambers, in prisons, are built To confine and punish… Full Transcript
Time
The Awakening
Wilbert Sanders
This is Jazz the Poet with “The Awakening”. Our society is infested with vicious killers,Stick-up men, hustlers and drug dealers, Elevating crime to all-time highs. Every 30 seconds someone dies. Teenagers tow Uzis, semi automatics,… Full Transcript
The Killing Fields
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders as Jazz the Poet with a piece I call “The Killing Fields.” Instead of providing safety to communities, Police are executing Blacks and minorities. Inner cities are concrete killing fields With… Full Transcript
The Invisible Man
Wilbert Sanders
My name is Wilbert Sanders, known as ‘Jazz the Poet,’ with a piece I call “The Invisible Man.” As I anticipate and impatiently wait To be discharged from these walls of hate, There are many… Full Transcript
This is Wilbert Sanders, also known as Jazz the Poet with one I called “Don’t Get Trapped.” Since music calms the savage beast, let’s compose a song with lyrics so strong, violence actually comes to… Full Transcript