Tag: mcniel
member name: R. M. (Doc) Livingston
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December 15, 2008 01:52 AM EST --
The stress of being a gay person in an environment that says you never come out of the closet was tearing me apart. I have never been a person to hide feelings and now I must...even to those who were . . .
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November 21, 2008 07:20 PM EST --
There is an old adage that says you have to suffer to write. Most of the time I'll say I don't believe it. However, some of the poetry I write is generated by strife. I was in the prison hospital . . .
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November 21, 2008 07:33 PM EST --
This poem was written for all tribes. I gave it to one of the "Chiefs." For this I was made an Honorary Brave.
Brother Sun - Sister Moon
To sit deep in a forest,
Or out on the desert . . .
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December 15, 2008 01:58 AM EST --
There was a young man at Shelton we called Little Dan. Dan was not a very big person and looked quite young. He was the butt of many jokes and attracted a lot ribbing due to his size. I could have become . . .
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December 04, 2008 09:04 AM EST --
There is a minister in my life that, even though I am not a member of his church, he has expressed support that I may never comprehend. Marshall is a very special person and this poem is my way of telling . . .
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December 05, 2008 09:03 AM EST --
After the personal disaster at the Annex and a 30 day stay 2 house, better known as the "Hole." I was moved into a single cell unit in the main prison and for the first time had my very own . . .
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December 16, 2008 05:14 PM EST --
I think every prisoner who writes anything will write their own version of this one.
THE BALLAD OF THE JAIL HOUSE POET
He sits, despondent,
on a bench of cold concrete.
They've taken . . .
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December 02, 2008 07:40 PM EST --
Tanny was a pretty boy. This is not a put down but rather a definition of how he looked. He was tall, very gentle in manner, and looked baby faced. Tanny would walk and talk with me in the yard, literally . . .
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December 04, 2008 08:58 AM EST --
Butch has a lady friend whom he has known for a long time. He asked me to write a poem for her. This is a request I would get from others all the time and usually I can come up with something. Butch told . . .
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December 14, 2008 06:33 AM EST --
This one is for Evelyn the x-ray tech. She liked it and taped it up on the wall in her lab.
It was fun to write finding rhyming words that fit the meter was a challenge.
My X-rays for You
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December 16, 2008 05:59 PM EST --
McNiel is a prison island and must see to its own needs & maintenance. This was handled by the prisoners at the Annex or Honor Farm. My job there was repair & service of the power equipment use . . .
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December 21, 2008 10:54 AM EST --
Each tier had a Porter. This is a prisoner assigned a sweep and clean the outside hallway and bring cleaning supplies to each cell as required. We've gone back in time to paper and pencil, I hadn't . . .
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December 21, 2008 10:59 AM EST --
Scott was so pleased with his "H' tier porter poem that he asked me to write one for his girl friend. Her name is Shannon and this is what I came up with:
A POEM FOR SHANNON
Poems of love . . .
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September 14, 2008 11:11 PM EDT --
Where does the inspiration for poetry come from? It would seem to relate to the experience of very strong emotions. It is these feeling that generate poetry. The need to express can become an overwhelming . . .
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