CCTV cameras were in Wren’s lapartment, one of hundreds observing the brain injured residents of the Michigan Semi-Independent Living Center.
Sanctuary
Tag: prison
The Cage
Two men in cages discuss the same conversation they’ve had for years while recognizing nothing will change for them. They are powerless.
Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories
A review of Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison.
Last Supper
In “Last Supper,” a death row inmate has an unconventional last meal the night before his unjust execution.
Last Night I Saw Joe Hill
Like the song and the writer, I wonder about meeting one no longer in this world. By speaking with them we learn and this gives me hope.
disseverance
When the inevitably right thing happens – and doesn’t.
The Days After
Eddie has left prison, but the prison hasn’t left him.
Sermon
I thought at first it was a play, and wondered who would enjoy such stasis and pretension.
Freed
My poem reflects an idiosyncratic vision of the mind/body divide and of the journey to personal freedom.