Stifled cries of yesterdays pain Are haunting memories of a runaway train The moans and groans of a troubled past Are like a ship that’s been torn … [Read more...]
I Write For My Children
I write for my children In words only hearts can fathom. I write for my children Pen-drenched in love storms And magical poems; Each alphabet a … [Read more...]
USED VS. LOVED
While a man was polishing his new car, his 4-year-old son picked up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the … [Read more...]
Before I Play My Joker
I am the dealer. Who wants to play my game? You see me now once you start to play Your life will never be the same. Now I must warn you Before you get … [Read more...]
Growing Lives Through Gardening
Did you know that the Insight Garden Program (IGP) in H-Unit will be growing an organic vegetable garden that will provide organic vegetables to local … [Read more...]
The King of Pop’s Six Degrees of Separation from San Quentin
Michael Jackson 08/29/1958 — 06/25/2009 DANCING WITH THE KING OF POP The death of Michael Jackson on June 25 at age 50 brought back memories for at … [Read more...]
Folsom Inmate’s Poetry Inspires Swedish Choir
“It’s all about keeping the soul free, free to soar,” writes Spoon Jackson, a poet incarcerated for the last 30 years. Those lines are part of a poem … [Read more...]
Protestant Chapel Hosts Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The San Quentin Shakespeare troupe took the Bard’s classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and put a new spin on it, to the enjoyment of all. In the … [Read more...]
Poetry
Realness It’s all about Keeping it real No matter How you feel Keeping it real The way the ants Move up an ant hill It’s all about Keeping it … [Read more...]
Pulitzer Prize Winner Advises Writers
One of America’s top writers gave some tips and advice to San Quentin’s Creative Writing Class recently. The speaker was Junot Díaz, author of Drown … [Read more...]
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