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Week of 6.1.07
Prison Poetry: Works by Shrong ClemonsThis Week:
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In this NOW web-exclusive video, former prison inmate Shrong Clemons reads some of the poetry he wrote while serving 20 months in the Sheridan Correctional Center of Illinois. Clemons, who served three prison terms, is part of a new program that combines therapy, education, and follow-up aftercare to keep released convicts from returning to jail. A former heroin addict, drug dealer, and Chicago gang member, Clemons became a model prisoner while at Sheridan.He recites from three of his poems -- "Kings," "Mother Salvation" and "Lost Soul" -- and talks briefly about his work. A sampling from "Kings": Socrates tried to steal my isosceles |
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