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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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It’s How You Say It

January 20, 2020 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

People act like certain people can’t understand things if you don’t just tell them straight up…its not what but how

us convicts understand

yea, maybe I have a little more credibility than some

but I observed an amp’d up verbal

as two men were parting

I simply walked by with my YoungR.U.S.S energy

and said

we need to act more out of love, than the fear that we call anger!

he kept walking and said ‘what?’

so I re-stated,

we need to act more out of love, than out of fear which we call anger!

he said, ‘I feel that’

we shook up

then he asked about me making my special nachos

and since he felt me,

though I try to avoid cooking for others

I said bet,

next time I make them, you in

he said “Sunday, cuz “Claws” come on”

my nachos are Nobel peace worthy!

just speak with compassion

feed the soul…then the belly

though we feed our fears most

our real hunger is for Love.

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Prose of a Con

Prose of a Con is a collection of Russell Wardlow’s prose and poetry written entirely behind bars. Through writings on family, spirituality, freedom, love, justice, redemption, and vulnerability, Russell seeks to show the humanity and hope of individuals like himself who are incarcerated.

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