Birds are a symbol of freedom and hope. To Spoon Jackson and other inmates, they are sacred guests.
Poet Behind Bars
Spring Dew
Spoon Jackson welcomes Spring with the declaration that “There is still beauty in cell bars.”
About My Sentence
Spoon Jackson, who has served 34 years of a life sentence in prison, faces the reality of his fate.
Arts in Correction Documentary ‘At Night I Fly’ Premieres at MOMA
GMP Poet Spoon Jackson is one of the subjects of Michel Wenzler’s complex portrait of prison life, in its US premiere at MOMA on February 20.
Months of Lockdown
While in lockdown, poet and prisoner Spoon Jackson flies in his mind’s eye, witness to freedom and injustice.
At Night I Fly: The Good Life Introduces Spoon Jackson, a Poet Behind Bars
Spoon Jackson writes from prison of the freedom he enjoys as he flies: ‘My heart pounds behind no chest.’
Spoon Jackson: Writing From the Inside Out
Spoon Jackson has been behind bars since 1977, and trying to tell his story in poetry for much of that time. He spoke to the Good Men Project about what he does and why.