Time and Chance Happen to All: October 2013

Welcome to the blog where women writing from prison are featured.

The ability to write, to express ourselves with words, is a gift.

Most of us write for personal reasons and never think of publication.

The business of writing is a tough one and hard to break into.

The writings you see in this blog may be a 'first publication credit' for the authors. They write using pen names.

Writing from the Inside--Pick of the Bunch:

Scroll down to the brown to read "Back to Square One," a poem by Alto Saxophone.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Here are two poems by a young inmate who is eager to learn. She has chosen the name L.P.

The Storm

It's cold. I'm fearless.

The wind blows, I

scream. The lightening

strikes. I fight

back. Now I ask

myself what's going

to happen. Shhhhh.

If only I knew.

Inside Out

Smile more.

Talk more.

Even laugh.

Your beauty

comes from

the inside out...

Keep smiling

even when your

days are hard.

Talk more, even

when it seems

impossible. Laugh

when it's in your

heart and always

remember the beauty

comes from

the inside out.