Limerick Poems About Prison | Prison Limerick Poems
Written by Andrea Dietrich
Categories: people

He Sings Behind Prison Bars Blues

He sings "behind prison bars" blues
'cause he's walked in another man's shoes!
He feels so bereft
since identity theft
only works until one pays his dues.

(not for the contest; it's too short)


Written by David Drowley
Categories: money, poetry, silly,

Lax

I once was a little bit lax,
Failing to pay my income tax.
There is no need to guess,
I then faced the IRS;
Was sent to prison to relax.



Written by Jack Clark
Categories: funny, hilarious, humor, humorous,

Iq of a Grape

From prison he tried to escape
But, had the IQ of a grape
… His rocket (mis-wired)
… Quickly backfired
Now he’s all over the landscape


Written by Natalie The Rogue Rhymer
Categories: life, slam,

Cellblock Follies

The homophobic banker he was penned
That careless fool was found to misspend
He thought prison would be cake
Until he met fat old Jake
Now he has got a hairy boyfriend!


Written by Val Jennings
Categories: appreciation, blessing, brother, character, education, inspirational, prison,

Oh Brother

I once had a brother in prison.
He knew what in life he was missin"
So he spent out his days
in profitable ways
and learned because he could listen.



Written by Jimmy Anderson
Categories: death, places, sad

Dead Man's Shoes

They gave me some nice tennis shoes.
When I came to prison it's true.
    They said you must wear
    and you must not care.
That a dead man has done paid his dues.


For SKAT's "Shoes" contest


Written by Lindsay Laurie
Categories: betrayal,

Just Desserts

Sleaze Harry is a sick minded dude,
Who’s love life is all camera viewed,
So you won’t see him flirt,
But he’ll photo up-skirt...
Then complain that he hates prison food.


Written by Margaret Foster
Categories: animals

Unlucky Snake

Unlucky snake



A slippery fellow named mandrake

From the zoo made a swift prison break

But a redback named Crunch

Had him for lunch

Down here our spiders eat snake.






 AND,if you don’t believe me check out the photographs on my blog

Limerick contest May 8th 2010


Written by Dominique Webb
Categories: community, faith, god, prison, religion, remember, world,

The Trick of St Patrick

Patrick lived in Great Britain, his wick,
But when he was sixteen and quick, 
Was captured by pirates horrible, 
Taken to Ireland adorable, 
Where he found god, his walking stick.


Written by Jack Horne
Categories: people,

Ale Sale

There was an old lag* at my sale,
Who drank all the barrels of ale,
As the beer was sublime,
He confessed to a crime,
And puked on returning to jail.

*A prisoner/a person who has often been in prison

For Skat’s contest


Written by Amy Sell
Categories: analogy, angst,

Say Cheese

Government cheese stops malnutrition
But gouda’s the better provision
Choose a sharp or dull knife
If I’m sentenced to life
I’ll go with the government prison.


Written by Richard Pickett
Categories: life

A Fellow Named Bernie

Do you know a fellow named Bernie
Who was indicted by our Grand Jury
The Ponzie scheme that he played
And all those people he flayed
He is now on a long Prison Journey


Written by Gershon Wolf
Categories: bird, city, prison,

Justice For All

Pigeons are irritating urban pests
  There is no doubt I don't say this in jest
     They'll poop on a bench
     Creating a stench
  Sentence 'em to twenty years in a nest


Written by Sara Kendrick
Categories: funny

Case Goes To Higher Court

Highly intelligent are they
With words they play all day
On your side they work
Your case take in a lurch
As in prison you learn to stay


Written by Elizabeth Mccann
Categories: age, betrayal, political, prison,

The Arrest

Chris Lovelock had talked to a friend
About bringing his life to an end.
But the friend then betrayed him
And the cops came and stayed him
By giving him six days in the pen!


Written by Lindsay Laurie
Categories: humor,

Paddy's Report

Electrician Paddy, an Irish chap,  
gave the U.Sprison service a slap,
when he made them aware,
that the, electric chair,
to be sure was no more than a death trap.


Written by James Horn
Categories: allegory, analogy,

Worldly Prison

Worldly Prison

While on earth are in a worldly prison;
Jesus back to heaven He has arisen;
Each door there for us was opened wide
So we could very easily go inside;
Our church priest want to christen.

Jim Horn


Written by Lisle Ryder
Categories: bible, christian, faith, gospel, jesus, religious,

Parable 6: Forgiveness

A man whose boss forgave him a large debt
then charged a friend who owed him with a threat:
   “Now pay what you owe
   or to prison you go.”
The boss jailed that man till his debt was met.

Matthew 18.23-35


Written by Lim'Rik Flats
Categories: nonsense,

Failed Attempt

One Willie went over the wall
(to avoid the warden and all)
pain quickly arose
within prison clothes
(razor wire snagged on a ball)


Written by Gershon Wolf
Categories: class, humorous, prison,

Schism

The teacher's feet flew up on the desk,
    Striking the class as rather grotesque:
       It caused quite a schism,
       As she'd just escaped prison!
    Was this a school-room or house of burlesque?


Written by Lycia Harding
Categories: funny, prison,

Jail Bird

You spend all the day sneaking about
but you'll pay for each rule you now flout

You can bet that sweet tail,
you're the next cat to jail

and you'll sing like a bird to get out!


Written by Paul Schneiter
Categories: change, music,

Noteworthy

Joe Doaks was a hardened criminal
the truth about him wasn’t subliminal.
Then he met a sweetheart
who gave him a new start.
Now he leads a prison choir with a hymnal.


Written by Robert L. Hinshaw
Categories: horse, humorous, prison,

Cletus O'Toole - Horse Thief

Cletus O'Toole in a moment of greed

   'Borrowed' the judge's magnificent steed

      To steal a horse not his'n

         He spent six months in prison

            His name e'er stained for that dastardly deed!


Written by Rico Leffanta
Categories: child abuse, children, culture, freedom, immigration, political, prison,

Trumperie

Our President wants us to see
A Justice as mean as can be
Pack tots in cages
Deny their mom wages
And tell them they'll never be free


Written by L Milton Hankins
Categories: humorous,

Peeping Tom - Bawdy

Two things old Peeping Tom knew for certain, Only perverts would peek through a curtain To see the forbidden, Kept carefully hidden And one day in prison he'd be hurtin’.
written December 17, 2021