_Smokehouse Poetry for October will feature three poems: one, the plea
of a prisoner; the second, a thrilling story of the squared ring by the
author of “The Kid’s Last Fight,” and the third, a comic jazz verse after
Langdon Smith’s “Evolution.”_
_“The Prisoner’s Prayer,” which is to be Number One on the poetry
billboard for October, was written on the stone wall of the Federal
penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, in September, 1909. It was
later memorized by another prisoner and just recently forwarded to the
Whiz Bang upon his release._
_“So hear ye the prayers from the prison,_
_Where fever and famine are rife;_
_Where never one soul has arisen,_
_Where many go down in the strife.”_
_In response to inquiries from many readers we have obtained another copy
of “The Gila Monster Route” to replace the one which Maggie, the hired
girl, lost during our last farm house cleaning bee. It will be published
in the Winter Annual._
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