Prison
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
How to house the homeless:
In prison cells,
With special locks.
Stacked in boxes
Watched around the clock.
Free to come and go,
As much as they please.
But have a place to rest their head,
Wash and clean their teeth.
And if there's a problem,
Within this cozy nest
Just lock the buggers in their cell,
Until they've had a rest.
The government could build them,
Paid off with their dole.
And when the market's on the up,
They could sell their little hole.
And maybe move to Thailand,
Or an island in the sun
And get that feeling of success,
That would never ever come.
Font size:
Written on June 28, 2023
Submitted by myway6119 on June 28, 2023
- 41 sec read
- 10 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | X XX XX XX XX AB XB AC XC XX XA |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 586 |
Words | 135 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Prison" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 31 Oct. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/162881/prison>.
Discuss the poem Prison with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In