Imprisonment Poems
De gedetineerde
by Mario Odekerken
Ik zit achter muren
die niet bewegen,
maar ademen in stilte.
De dagen schuiven traag voorbij,
elk uur weegt zwaarder
dan de vorige.
Licht valt door tralies
alsof het ook vastzit,
......
Solitary Confinement 1 : No. 4
by Ghairo Daniels
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four
Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water
it was winter
I had ten minutes to speak
......
Bespoken for Hounds
by Quinn Smorenburg
Soft whimpers hide in lips sealed.
Downcast; downtrodden.
Hounds often slip fields of
sight cast: laws past.
Falling asks spite fast.
Put down; crushed order;
Duty splints ego-slaughter.
Hounds reach; nothing more.
Mould settles, tainting core.
......
Solitary Confinement 1 : No. 4
by Ghairo Daniels
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four
Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water
it was winter
I had ten minutes to speak
......
De gedetineerde
by Mario Odekerken
Ik zit achter muren
die niet bewegen,
maar ademen in stilte.
De dagen schuiven traag voorbij,
elk uur weegt zwaarder
dan de vorige.
Licht valt door tralies
alsof het ook vastzit,
......
Bespoken for Hounds
by Quinn Smorenburg
Soft whimpers hide in lips sealed.
Downcast; downtrodden.
Hounds often slip fields of
sight cast: laws past.
Falling asks spite fast.
Put down; crushed order;
Duty splints ego-slaughter.
Hounds reach; nothing more.
Mould settles, tainting core.
......
