POETRY
The Poetry Gallery includes poetry entries and winners from our detention center writing contests as well as our poetry programs with our other partners. We hope you find their stories inspiring, truthful, thoughtful and sometimes funny!
Each artist whose work is posted on our site has signed a Heard media release or verbally given permission for the work to be posted on this site and shared via our social media platforms.
Beyond These Walls
Beyond These Walls by VE Heard/Arlington County Detention Center/OAR writing contest, August 2020...
Monster
Monster Frances C. Doyle Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility/OAR writing contest, August...
Clean, Laugh, and Pray
Clean, Laugh, and Pray by Aaron Bunche Heard/Arlington County Detention Center/OAR writing...
I Am
I Am by Derrick Barnes Heard/Arlington County Detention Center/OAR writing contest, August, 2020...
She
She by Cristina Rubio First place winner, poetry, Heard/Arlington County Detention Center/OAR...
Love
LOVE Elizabeth Barker, Friends of Guest House, September 10, 2020 The sun is out, I lay in my bed...
Love Not Hate
LOVE NOT HATE LaShawnda Barnett, Friends of Guest House, September 10, 2020 all around me i see...
Diamonds
DIAMONDS Aleah Kitts, Friends of Guest House, September 10, 2020 my head is in the clouds I’m the...
So Serious
So Serious Ahmed Mahmoud Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility/OAR writing contest, 2020...
A Broken Man’s Dream Is My Reality
A Broken Man's Dream Is My Reality Troy Sweetney Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility/OAR...