Ronald W Clarke
The death row poet
February 1, 2015
Daily Journal

Sunday February 1, 2015 4:41am woke up at 3:00am or so. I didn't get up until 3:23 bathed cleaned the floor made the bunk did my back exercises then come crunches. I'm listening to some music. I'm going to do some walking now until breakfast comes. My cousin is suppose to come visit today.
5:04am sgt and co just came through for 5am count woke up wheeler in cell 28, he's in a wheel chair and it take him forever to get out of bed. He has no feeling from the chest down, due to being shot by the cops. So breakfast will be here in about 5 to 10 minutes. I need to rinse some clothes that I washed. 5:17am food cart is on the wing. I'm the 3rd to be fed, since they go back to front cell 28 27 26 ect. I'm in cell 26.
5:28a, I had grits potatoes and peanut butter. I have that same breakfast Sunday Tuesday Thursday and Friday. The other days I have oatmeal potatoes and peanut butter, the potatoes are never cooked properly they have peelings mixed in with them and rot. But that's inmate cook's for you. Their too busy stealing food to sell like egg and cheese sandwiches. Fried chicken and fried potatoes. A lot of that stuff got confiscated Thursday on the food cart.
5:37am Nurse is here with my medication. I'm going to do some walking and listen to music.
6:47am I just finishes doing some reading in the magnificat the daily mass and prayer by the Catholic Church. I need to write the Bishop and make a card for him, his mother passed away this past week. I've got to get ready in about an hour for visits. When I come back I'll make some burritos for the superbowl. I'll be up late watching that. I'm pulling for the seahawks. Well I'm going to watch the news.
8:21am
Finished bathing, brushing my teeth now going to sit back and watch GMA Sunday morning and wait for them to call me for the visit.
2:44pm Just got back from the visits. Mom came not my cousin. We had a really good visit. I'm going to lay down for a bit and decide what to do next.
5:28pm Been watching the superbown pre-game show another hour until kick OFF. I'm not making anything for the superbowl. I was going to do some burritos but decided against it. Well I'm going to lay back and watch some more pre-game.

Monday February 2, 2015, 4:45am. Got up at 3:39 Beds made I washed up. I'm having a cup of coffee. I need to clean the floor, do some walking. I've got to write a letter this morning, I need to work on some new stationary, exercise and hope to go out to recreation today. Let me get to the floor.
5:43am Breakfast still hasn't shown up. The nurse just passed out meds. I cleaned the floor did some walking then started on this new stationary for the blog which I need to get back to.
6:04am Breakfast just came. I had oatmeal Peanut butter and potatoes. I put the oatmeal and peanut butter in a bowl. I'm going to heat it up before I eat. sgt said it had been sitting out there forever. Well back to this stationary.
8:48am Did some work on a piece of art. Then wrote a short letter to my mom and a letter to Bishop Estevez I'm going to ear the rest of this oatmeal, walk and then watch RTM then I'll exercise.
9:39am watching RTM I was over on the justice network watching Body of Evidence case files from Dayle Hinman, they had Tom Wyatt and Mike Lorett on there. I know the details to that case that they don't even know. Tom went in to Rob Dominos pizza, because the safe had a timer, Tom raped the woman and because of that he killed all 3 of them. Then he killed a woman from a bar several days later. Tom told me details that he shared with no one else. I looked at him different as a psycho from then on out. Well I'm going back to walking as I watch RTM.
10:07am CO (Correctional officer) just paseed out the dry good canteen order forms for shoes, socks, t-shirts, boxer shorts and other stuff. They pick these order forms up on Friday. Well back to walking.
10:52am Looked out the window some 10 feet outside the cell I seen the food carts coming through the gate. It'll probably be another 30 minutes before the food gets on the wing. I'm going to make a soup. I hope there's some good veggies on my vegan tray to put in it.
11:19am Here's lunch, was rice, beans, carrots, cabbage and peaches. The beans were cooked to much. The rice was cooked good. Canned peaches. I've got a stew going. I'll eat in about 15 minutes.
1:36pm. Sgt just came down and did a drug test on the guy in cell 6122. He just got tested 2 weeks ago. Wasted moneth $50 a test to try to catch a death row inmate smoking week. So stupid. Well back to my art work. Then TMZ at 2pm.
4:23pm Just got the dinner trays I'm making a beef stew. The tray had peaches, green beans and coleslaw, potatoes and brown beans which I get for lunch and dinner every day. 4 and 5 wing went to recreation. I've been working on some art. I'll eat here in about another 30 minutes. Then walk and watch some news.
5:56pm I just finished watching criminal justice committee lying ass inspector general and I wasn't impressed with this new secretary. Theres too much corruption in the FDOC I'm going to watch TMXZ then some news showers tonight then I'm going to bed.
8:24pm I did 200 push ups before showers. I just got back from the shower. I'm going to bed.

Tuesday February 3, 2015 4:19am. Woke up at 3:20 I've washed up, shaved, made the bunk, cleaned the floor, did back stretches. I'm going to RMC this morning for the Physical therapy. They will come get me between 5&6am. I hope to get back by lunch so I'll be going on a trip into the free world. Right now I'll do some walking. 4:51am Hall lights just came on. I've been walking. I ate a sausage from the canteen just in case I leave before breakfast.
5:08am Here's breakfast grists, potatoes and peanut butter.
5:13am I ate the grits put the peanut butter up and threw the potatoes away. I'll walk until they come get me and listen to the news.
11:34am Got back at 11:20 Canteen was on my bed so I had to put that up. My back hurts from that physical therapy. The heat I had on my back felt great the stretching not so much. The ride was nice I seen the full moon, stars, we rode down 16 up 121 and then on to another road. Only takes 20 minutes to from there to here.
11:41am They are picking up MP3 players.I hope to get all of my music back, then I'm done with this company. I have enough of my favourite music anyway so I really don't need any more. Well I'm going to watch some news and lay down for a bit.
12:39pm Got my player back with all of my music on it so I'm going to get 5 more songs that they owe me then that's it. Well I need to exercise.
3:50pm I did some push ups and crunches. Food trays just came. I had rice, tomatoes, peaches and raw cabbage. I've got to write a card and then eat and do some walking. 6:02pm ate then did 200 push ups, bathes then did some reading. I'm getting ready to go to sleep and call it a day. Back is sore.

February 4, 2015
Wednesday February 24, 2015 5:01am
Been up since 3:23 seem to wake up about that time every morning. I've washed, shaved, brushed teeth and made the bunk, cleaned the floor, sink and toilet, did 30 minutes worth of walking, watched some news. I'm listening to some music now ACDC I'm going to do some push ups here shortly. Should go to recreation here this morning 6 wing still hasn't got a rec, well let me pop off some push ups.
5:22am Breakfast came, I put the oatmeal and peanut butter in a bowl, threw potatoes away.
6:36am Just finished working out. I did push ups, set up my weight bad and did curls, calf raises then crunches. Now I'm going to eat my oatmeal and then walk and hope they call recreation. Its raining outside but I need to get out of this cage.
7:33am They just called for recreation need to get ready to go.
10:49am Just got back in from rec, it didn't rain, some drizzling but it was nice to get out of here for a while. Peaches I need to do some art work.
5:33pm Dinner trays just got here. The secretary Julie Jones was here today, not in this building but they shut the prison down, so that's why it was late. I didn't eat anything , something on the tray stunk from being spoiled so I dumped it. I ate sardines and crackers watching the news now.

February 5, 2015
Waiting on showers
7:39pm Back from the showers, I'm going to sleep.

Thursday February 5, 2015 4:52am. Been up since 2:53. I've cleaned up, I'm going to lake Butler again today for physical therapy. I'll be leaving out of here about 5:30 I won't leave out of the gates until 6:30 this sgt wants me to sit in the holding cell for an hour so I'm ready when they come get me.
10:56am Back from Lake Butler only 3 of us went over there. They also called recreation as soon as I got back so I'll be going out at 1pm. Was a nice trip, got to see the Free World. Right now I'm going to walk and listen to some music and wash a pair of shorts and bump off some push ups and crunches.
12:13pm The assistant warden just came and talked to me about some improvements. Sounds good. I've got to send him a request tonight. Time to do some more push ups and get ready for recreation.
3:46pm Back in from recreation. I've got to work on this list for the assistant warden.
7:23pm I'm going to bed. I've been working on this stuff for improving conditions. Will be nice if it works. Time will tell.

Friday February 6, 2015 7:13am
Got up at 2:50 cleaned the cell packed everything up. I'm moving down to cell 23 a guy wants his buddy next to him so they paid the sgt to get me and him changed. I wrote a senator Aubrey Gibson about ethics in the prison. I did that this morning and got it ready to go out in legal mail also got this request slip ready to go to Assistant warden about conditions and privileges. I'm hoping they will come down and talk to me. I want to discuss rec and some tules. Right now I'm going to do some walkijg, I hope to get rec this morning at 1pm. I go to see Father Conrad.
8:06am They didn't call rec down here I guess I'll do some writing.
8:42am I was told I'm being moved to cell P-5126. This is sgt Iveys crap. I'm going to stop him. I'm sick of the unethical idiot.
8:17pm I'm back from the shower and I spend a good 8 hours cleaning this cell and I'm still not done. Hands down this was the filthiest cell I've ever come into there was faeces on the toilet that was dried and there for at least 6 to 8 months. I need to go to bed.
Satruday February 7, 2015 5:19am. I got up at 4:30 I was tired from all of that scrubing yesterday, I've got much work to do on this cell here's breakfast.
5:28am Put my food in a bowl, I've got to get to work. I need to do some scrubing on the walls wash sheets and do some writing, cause I'm going to change some things. Today makes 25 years of me being incarcerated.
8:19am Been scrubbing the walls and ceiling. I got one wall done, I'll go back later and do it one more time then spray it down with the hose. I need to write a letter.
10:24am. Wrote a few letters got more cleaning to do now.
11:58am Cell is cleaned. George Treple is one NASTY FILTHY old man. Now I need to stop these people from moving us into filthy cells which is what I'm going to do right now.
7:02pm Well I did some writing then worked on a piece of art. I hooked up some burritos for dinner for my neighbour and I. Now I'm going to sleep, 25 years in a cage, what an existence.

Sunday February 8, 2015 4:58am. Got up at 3:16am. Washed up made my bunk cleaned the floor wiped the bars down then did some walking just waiting on breakfast now as I listen to music. I'm going to walk some more.
5:27am Breakfast just came I ate the grits, put the peanut butter in a bowl. I did 200 push ups now I'm going to walk for about 30 minutes.
6:34am Well I just spent the past hour cleaning both of my lockers out. Everything else was cleaned, I figured I might as well clean them. Now I'm going to walk.
8:33am. FInished bathing, I'm watching GMA Good Morning America as I wait for them to come get me for visits. I'm going to walk as I wait. I may stop this physical therapy its cause more pain than it is helping.
2:51pm Just got back from the visit. Had a nice one, I am extremely tired. I'll be going to sleep early tonight. I did not sleep good last night. I woke up at 11pm and didn't get back to sleep until 1pm and back up at 3:16 or something like that. Hopefully tonight I'll sleep better, I'm going to lay down and relax for a while.
4:08am Just did 150 crunches, I need to start doing them twice a day, they help with the pain in my back. Mario wants me to move over to one wing up stairs with him. But climbing stairs especially if I get knee surgery will be impossible for the first 3 or so day's. And their going to have to do surgery on this right knee, my back has been hurting all week from this physical therapy. I'm going to try to hang in there for awhile. sgt said it takes 3 months or more before you start seeing benefits. I'm going to so some walking as I listen to music.
5:07pm Did 200 push ups. I didn't eat the dinner tray. I took the pineapples off of the tray. I'll eat them with my oatmeal in the morning.
I've got to start pushing myself harder to get back in shape. This back and knees are a problem. I'll see doctor Wednesday. Well I', going to bath, then put my mail on the door and get in bed.