John In Prison And Other Poems

Author : John WorldPeace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781076612151
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Dr John WorldPeace JD Prison Poems 2008 written by John WorldPeace and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, I was in prison as a political prisoner. I acquired my Peace Advocate bona fides there. The catalyst was my running for governor of Texas 2000-2002 within and against the Democratic Party of Texas. I have other books about that to be published.These poems are a companion to my prison journal which will be published soon.I was in a strange environment in 2008, one people fear. I did not deliberately seek a jail term. The Judicial system is very corrupt and unpeaceful. My expertise on this suject is grounded in 20 years as a practicing attorney in Texas.When I entered jail, I determined that I would not waste a year of my life and I would come out with something tangible. What I came out with were about 3000 pages on 250 word pages; several books, poems, a jail journal, my autobiography and I read 55 books. I really took advantage of every minute of my time in jail.The last 5 months I was in isolation with only 13 hours out of my cell. Which is illegal. I did not have to deal with the general population. It was a contract prison where there was not enough to eat and with none of the rights guaranteed in a non contract federal prison. Contract prisons are just more political corruption.The poems are about what was going on mentally within my head. My jail journal is about what was going on physically which included abusive mind control and harassment from the guards. The first six months I had my own room in a 24 unit cell block of lawyers and bad cops who had to be kept out of the general population. The last six months, I was moved to South Texas to a 500 man unit contract prison. I was kept in solitary confinement or administrative segregation as they politically correctly call it. I was in a 10 x 10 room with a toilet, sink, mirror, shower and bed. It was always cold in prison to keep the tension down with the inmates. I was fed through a 6 x 15 inch slot in a steel door.For those without a desire to read or write, life is hell in prison. Extremely boring. Not bad or hard, just mentally oppressive.I was born in 1948, in Houston, Texas. I presently live in Albuquerque, New MexicoIn October 1970, I wrote my first poem of the poems that I am publishing. Almost 50 years since then, I have written about 2400 poems. Most of the poems could be looked at as a tiny biography of my life; one-page snap-shots of what I was thinking or experiencing at the moment over 50 years.I have also published selections of the poems. In June 2018, I began to self-publish the selections of poems and all the poems I have ever written to date in chronological order using Amazon's self-publishing software. There will be about 30 poem books in total. I did not publish the various books in chronological order by year written. I will continue to write poems and in fact, will probably increase the volume of poems over the next 50 years. I also intend to pick a theme like Santa Fe, New Mexico and write a book about my impressions there. The number of possible subjects is infinite.I have also published a book of Haiku which are 3 line poems with 5, 7, 5 syllables per line. I would expect to publish a book of these poems annually and also some theme books of Haiku.I do not force my poems. I don't write unless I feel inspired. I have no desire to set a world record for a number of poems written in a lifetime. Working toward some number of poems would crash the whole endeavor with boredom. The poems are written in a couple of minutes, 2-10, then put away in a binder by year. I have lost less than a dozen poems over the years. Usually within a very few minutes after writing the poem I have no real memory of what I wrote. However, if I reread it, I will have a familiarity with what I wrote. The changes I make when publishing are very few.