Poems Not Prisons Collective

About Me

Poems Not Prisons is a monthly open mic and poetry event in Philadelphia, PA hosted by anarchists and anti-authoritarians who are prison abolitionists. It is a place where words meet action, where we attempt to use the art of poetry to create a space to discuss the ways that prisons and the prison system have taken a hold of our culture and our people. Each month we feature a different poet, as well as opening up the floor for other experienced poets or those brand new to reading in public. We use the time to celebrate conscious art, do political education, encourage networking between local criminal justice activists and raise funds for prison related issues, from trying to fund individual prisoners to raising money for wider-ranging organizations

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Member Since: 20/01/2007
Band Website: the-aspace.org/poemsnotprisons
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Halloween Poems Not Prisons

Halloween Poems Not Prisons Friday, October 26 7:30pm The A-Space 4722 Boo-timore Ave, W. Philly Free! Donations Appreciated Download a flyer here --> --> --Prize for Best Costume! ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:16:00 GMT

Martin's favorite poem he ever wrote..

Poetry Is A Verb (Or How To Respond When Asked To Define Poetry)***A simple rule for life:If a person who cannot name a poem that moved them,do not take them into your heart.Addendum to this rule:If t...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:20:00 GMT

shallow

Hey, its Clarissa checking out this blog thing. Last fall i was doing some writing and noticing that all my writing felt somehow shallow. That made me think a lot about the word shallow, and i began t...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:20:00 GMT

Support Bashir Hameed

At Poems Not Prisons, we work to support change for all inmates in general, and sometimes for specific inmates in need. We have held a fundraiser for Bashir and want to make certain that people are a...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:37:00 GMT

a poem 'cuz that's what we do

So this is a poem that has meant a lot to me. We want to be able to use this space to talk poetry and show it and share it, so I guess I'll bite the bullet and put something up first. I did a one pe...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:25:00 GMT

Yes, this is our first time--thanks for asking...

So first thing we want to welcome y'all to Poems Not Prisons, and our first post here at myspace. This page has been a long time coming -- we have been doing this for over 7 years, yet only now have ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:18:00 GMT