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.
August 12, 1985
Melissa S., Friends of Guest House, August 10, 2022
Somebody
Melinda Shacklette, Friends of Guest House, August 10, 2022
I am Her + She is Me
Monica Ford, Friends of Guest House, August 10, 2022
Correct
Correct by Christ Joshua M. Fletcher Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing...
Poem from the <3 Heart by myself - Balance of Life
by Thomas Carlos Felder, Jr. Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing...
Brothers
by Hassen Hassen Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing contest, August...
Dom_Free/Free_Dom King-Dom/Dom/King
by Christ Joshua M. Fletcher Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing...
From the Heart!
by Travon D. Porter Honorable Mention, Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR...
Faith is Key (with artwork)
by AP22 Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing contest, August 2022 Hand...
Growing Everyday
by Jeffrey Melendez Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing contest, August...
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