by Editor | 07/10/25 | Journals
Poem by Justin Underwood Untitled The world has its’ joy, the sea its’ pearls and the heavens its’ stars, Had the eyes no tears, compassion and grace couldn’t have sprouted from scars. Glorious rays of sunlight are cast upon the blooming...
by Editor | 04/10/25 | Journals
Chronicles from Parchman #15: Moving Day Over his thirty-plus years on death row, writer Joesph Patri Brown has perfected a cleaning ritual that he implements each time he has to move cells. It’s simple but thorough. And it involves fire….. Read, or listen to the...
by Editor | 28/09/25 | Journals
Cellmate Silence The bars hum softly in the night A lullaby of iron and fright I count the cracks along the wall In this small space, I feel so small. The world outside, it moves so fast While here, the minutes barely pass. My name replaced by numbers cold A...
by Editor | 11/09/25 | Journals
There’s a much needed conversation to be had within the four corners of the USA that deals with the ignorance of our society. From the north to the south, from the east to the west, many will profess that all lives matter but there remains the question; when...
by Editor | 11/09/25 | Journals
Here are five argumental reasons why the Death Penalty is ineffective in the US: 1) High risk of wrongful convictions: Mississippi has a troubling history of wrongful convictions in capital cases. Men like Kennedy Brewer, Curtis Flowers and Sherwood Brown spent years...
