Ink from Honey
In the introduction to our National Poetry Month series, an incarcerated poet reflects on how writing is helping him reclaim the story of his life.
Throughout the month of April, Inquest will publish new poetry by a group of incarcerated men in Massachusetts, all of whom work under the banner Ink from Honey, which its founder describes as a collective of “grassroots poets writing the evolution of redemption.”
—April 2024
Work in this series:
National Poetry Month: Wayne Grant
“The Names They Call Us”
National Poetry Month: Alexander Gallet
“Prisoner of Poetry”
National Poetry Month: Brandon Callender
“Incarcerated Slavery” & “2 crack a smile”
National Poetry Month: Amos Don
“Don Haitian Monument” & “The Hunters”
Bars behind bars
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‘We Are Men’
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