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Poetry from Louisiana State Penitentiary
For National Poetry Month 2026, new work from incarcerated authors Trevor Reese, Lawson Strickland, and John Corley
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14 posts in ‘poetry’
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Two poems
“Five/Fourths” & “When Bars as These Won’t Read”
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Two poems
“Whisperings from Old Pompeii” & “God(s) Particle(s)”
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Angola haiku
“in the summer rain fences disappear . . .”
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An Essay in Acrostic: P.O.L.I.C.E.
“They tell us we have the right to take up / space. But they come in armor and shields / that say otherwise.”
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Hard Time in Prison
I had one / wish it will be I wish I can / get out of this cuz this is / a suffering pain time I’m doing
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Two poems
“Shower Call Down Below” & “29 L-Building”
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Hi Rise
I’m eligible to smoke til I fall clapping my / Hands and feet all the same time / Laffing at all this shit.
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Poetry from Mississippi State Penitentiary
Work from poets incarcerated in Parchman’s Unit 29
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Three poems
“Crying Johnny,” “Officer Judy Gives Instructions to the Lock Down Inmates,” & “Holiday Special Meal”
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The Names They Call Us
“I applaud, your / Frankenstein’s monster, forevermore.”
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Prisoner of Poetry
“What does it mean to be an / incarcerated poet?”
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“Incarcerated Slavery” & “2 crack a smile”
“The cotton field / is replaced by walls of steel . . . ”
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“Don Haitian Monument” & “The Hunters”
“Paralyzed in shock / by slave raid tactics, / my trembling hands on the wall . . .”