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.
Speaks to Me
Speaks to Me Katarina Bell Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2019
Searching
Searching Bryan M. Zemanski, Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August...
Scars
Scars Katarina Bell Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2019
Rest
REST Aaron Connelley Heard/Arlington County Detention Center writing contest, August, 2019 Some...
?uestions
?UESTIONS D’juon Fuller Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2019
Pretty Woman
PRETTY WOMAN G. Swindall Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2019
No Place Like Home
No Place Like Home Jumiya Arleen Crump Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest,...
Mother
Mother Vincent L. Talley Jr. Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August...
Making Lemonade
Making Lemonade Brian Boettcher Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August...
Love
Love Jumiya Arleen Crump Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2019...