Ken Stassa was born in New York City. He excelled in academics and sports, but he developed a drug habit in high school. He was sent to a reform school on a work farm. In 1995, Kenneth Stassa graduated valedictorian of an x-ray school in New Jersey. During the day, he worked full-time as an x-ray tech at a sports medicine facility. At night, he worked as a bouncer in an X-rated strip club, the now infamous, Sin City, in the South Bronx. Ken was living a double life, carrying an illegal gun, and pumping illegal steroids. After a long rocky marriage, and bitter divorce, he started freebasing cocaine. To support his habit, he went on a bank robbery spree in Newark, New Jersey in 2015. He was convicted of bank robbery in 2018. After almost 3 years in prison, Ken lives with his daughter, Elizabeth, and their cat, Lilo. Ken also has a son, Anthony, and grandson, Dominic.
“To anyone who needs poetic peace during a storm, you should read this book.”
PRISON POEMS BY KEN THE PEN....Convicted Bank Robber
by Kenneth Stassa
PRISON POEMS BY KEN THE PEN....Convicted Bank Robber
by Kenneth Stassa
Published Mar 28, 2021
73 Pages
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Book Details
Enter the world of Ken The Pen. He was convicted of bank robbery, and spent almost 3 years in the New Jersey Department of Corrections, after a drug-fueled 2015 bank robbery spree in Newark, New Jersey. Ken The Pen is a moniker for Ken Stassa, alias Kenneth Strassa. While an inmate, Kenneth Strassa wrote these poems, in the form of emails, and sent them directly to his brother, Rick Stassa.
All these poems were typed from a noisy, crowded, and hostile prison dayroom kiosk, deemed the "Chaos," as it was the reason for many fights. Like the phone, it was a daily ritual of getting in line to use either. These 40 emails (poems) have been preserved without any editing or transcription. They all have a specific date and time while Kenneth Strassa was incarcerated from 2017 - 2020. These rare pieces of art are priceless in their original form.
With the aid of only a dictionary, since other literary tools are sparse, these uncut gems of intellect were carved out of mental anguish, loneliness, and despair. These poems will rivet your soul, and change your perspective on life, love, and suffering with human resolve and Godly intervention.
With a full measure of poetic license, some spelling and grammar errors, Ken The Pen steers the reader into crisp philosophical and spiritual insight when battling adversity.
This nonfiction narrative is documented with pictures and legal paperwork. These poems are all factual in content.
“Now go inside the vault and open your safe deposit box with a key from Ken The Pen.”
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