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Judy A. Lucero (pen name, #21918) was a Chicana prisoner poet, cited as a legend among Latina feminists. [1] Lucero had a particularly tough life, becoming a heroin addict after being introduced to drugs at the age of eleven by one of her stepfathers, losing two children and dying in prison at the age of 28 from a brain hemorrhage.
Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn . Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn (7 December 1934 – 23 July 2019) was a Czech-born South African poet. [1] He made his mark especially with his anti-Apartheid poetry.
Holloway Jingles is a collection of poetry written by a group of suffragettes who were imprisoned in Holloway jail during 1912. It was published by the Glasgow branch of the Women's Social and Political Union(WSPU). The poems were collected and edited by Nancy A John, and smuggled out of the prison by John and Janet Barrowman. [1]
While in prison, Hernández produced an extraordinary amount of poetry, much of it in the form of simple songs, which the poet collected in his papers and sent to his wife and others. [citation needed] These poems are now known as his Cancionero y romancero de ausencia (Songs and Ballads of Absence). In these works, the poet writes not only of ...
He later became a teacher of poetry in Washington, DC, [10] and in 2013, he taught in the writing program (WLP) at Emerson College. [11] Betts is the national spokesman for the Campaign for Youth Justice, and speaks out for juvenile-justice reform. He also visits detention centers and inner-city schools, and talks to at-risk young people. [12]
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"I Am Offering This Poem" is a poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca, first published in Immigrants in Our Own Land (1979). [1] It was reprinted in 1990 in the collection Immigrants in Our Own Land and Selected Early Poems. [2] Baca’s diction and imagery convey a central theme of the work- the importance of poetry and art in general.
Joshi penned his first poetry work Vishwa Shanti in 1931 in the jail. [9] Vishwa Shanti is a long poem and it "refers to Gandhi's message and Lifework". [ 4 ] This work expresses the poet's idea that "Even if Bapu's visit to the west is directed towards Indian independence, it will bring more effectively the message of peace to the West than ...