Saturday Prison Break

Good morning, Prosers,

This feature focuses on the wonderful words coming from our Letters from Prison contributors. Some of you may not be aware of this initiative yet, but by the end of this post you will be!

Each and every Wednesday, Sammie and Paul visit prison and teach creative writing to the residents there. We then bring their words to Prose and post them in the Letters from Prison Portal where members of the Prose community comment on them, providing much needed support and feedback which we then take back into prison and share with the residents.

This program has provided the inmates with a much needed release whilst improving their spelling, grammar, self-confidence, and has had a profound effect on their mental health, too.

This new weekly feature is to celebrate some of the cracking words that escape the bars and make their way onto Prose.

I watch from afar

I watch it spread

I watch it breathe

It’s catching, just like a cold

~@IVVial

From: Injustice Disease

Fear like a still frog

Terror of the enemy in sight

Never to be here

~@TwistedSpiral

From: Ignited

Now the world

For all to see

Has been shared on YouTube

For fucking free

~@Squeakypeewee01

From: YouTube Boob

If you like what you read here, we encourage you to check out the Portal, get commenting and supporting this amazing program.

Until next Saturday, Prosers,

Prose.