In Their Words
Poems on Policing
Poetry has the power to help us grow past the stale and rote ways of thinking about safety that tend to characterize policy discussions.
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10 posts in ‘poetry’
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National Poetry Month: Wayne Grant
“The Names They Call Us”
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National Poetry Month: Alexander Gallet
“Prisoner of Poetry”
Essay
Hip Hop Is My Life
I spit bars on Death Row to preserve the legacy of our people, what’s been done to us, and how we’ve fought back.
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National Poetry Month: Brandon Callender
“Incarcerated Slavery” & “2 crack a smile”
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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.
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National Poetry Month: Amos Don
“Don Haitian Monument” & “The Hunters”
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Poetry from Attica
From Celes Tisdale's creative writing workshop with Attica Uprising survivors.
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Goodnight Jail
Based on 'Goodnight Moon', the 1947 bedtime classic by Margaret Wise Brown.
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When You Hear Me, You Hear Us
Incarcerated as children, four gifted poets share their art, their experiences, and themselves.