Arnold "Poet" Jackson

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Character overview

He is a heroin addict imprisoned for armed robbery and attempted murder. He composes and recites free verse poetry. He gets paroled early with the help of Kareem Said and Tim McManus. His freedom is short-lived, however, as he soon kills a drug dealer who came after him to collect the money he owed. When back in prison, he is a full fledged member of the Homeboy gang, often acting as the second in command to whomever is in charge. For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Medical parole be merged into this article or section. ... Kareem Saïd Kareem Saïd is a character played by British actor Eamonn Walker on the American television show Oz. ... Tim McManus Tim McManus is a fictional character on HBOs prison drama Oz. ...

Poet is one of the most incompetent members of the gang, as he relies on other gang members and inmates to solve problems. This is seen through Poet making little to no effort to sell drugs, and daring to get in fights with backup from Kenny Wangler, Junior Pierce, or Reggie Rawls. Nevertheless, Poet remains as the gang's second in command throughout the series. Kenny Wangler Kenny Bricks Wangler is a fictional character in the HBO drama Oz. ... Junior Pierce played by Malé Baby Alexander, is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz. ... Reggie Rawls is an African American Oz prisoner played by Mtume Gant. ...

Season 1

Poet has a limited role in this season, reciting poems for the other prisoners on more than one occasion. His poems often reflect problems and decisions which affect African American males and their families. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

Season 2

Let back into Emerald City as one of the Homeboys, Poet is enrolled in the GED program in Oz. Tim McManus, the unit manager of Em City, believes Poet is very talented and gets Muslim leader Kareem Said to help publish his work. Poet does very well in the GED program, finishing at the top of the class even though he is made fun of frequently by Kenny Wangler. As a result, Poet is paroled early and sells several of his poems as a known author. However, Poet is still a heroin addict and spends all his profits on drugs. Drug dealers come after him to collect a debt and he kills one of them in self defense. However, since Poet was carrying a weapon without a permit and shot the dealer six times while on parole, he is in violation and sent back to Oz. The GED, General Educational Development, or General Equivalence Degree Test, is a test that certifies the taker has attained American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. ... Tim McManus Tim McManus is a fictional character on HBOs prison drama Oz. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Kareem Saïd Kareem Saïd is a character played by British actor Eamonn Walker on the American television show Oz. ... Kenny Wangler Kenny Bricks Wangler is a fictional character in the HBO drama Oz. ...

McManus and Said are both disappointed and the Aryan Brotherhood congratulates Poet for messing up and getting sent back to Oz. While back inside as punishment, he must work in the morgue and is only accepted by Kenny Wangler and Junior Pierce. Vern Schillinger and the Aryans in the Cafeteria The Aryan Brotherhood in the TV series Oz is a gang of White Supremacist inmates led by Vernon Schillinger. ... Kenny Wangler Kenny Bricks Wangler is a fictional character in the HBO drama Oz. ... Junior Pierce played by Malé Baby Alexander, is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz. ...

Season 3

Poet is now referred to by his birth name of Arnold. Following the orders of Kenny Wangler, their attempt to murder Simon Adebisi is put on hold under orders from Mafia leader Antonio Nappa. Asking for Said's permission, he asks if he can write poetry again. He is allowed to and turns the tables on Said by reciting a new poem about Said seeing a white woman. Because the Muslims reject interracial relationships, Said is dismissed as their leader. Kenny Wangler Kenny Bricks Wangler is a fictional character in the HBO drama Oz. ... Simon Adebisi Simon Adebisi was a character played by male actor (and model) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the HBO dramatic series Oz, which took place in an experimental prison unit. ... This article is about the criminal society. ... Spoiler warning: Antonio Nappa played by Mark Margolis is an Italian mob boss sentenced to Oz for killing a man in a strip bar. ...

Meanwhile when Wangler leaves temporarily, Adebisi makes a deal with current Italian head Chucky Pancamo to take Wangler's spot in the drug trade. With the help of the Latinos, Adebisi burns Poet and Pierce with hot soup, putting them out of commission for a few weeks. When released from the infirmary, Poet and Pierce both have white spots all over their skin since the burn wounds burned off part of their flesh and caused a temporary change in complexion. Poet jokingly says "I might be able to get a cab now" since his skin for the time being appears whiter. Charles Pancamo On the television series Oz, Charles Pancamo aka Chucky The Enforcer is an Italian inmate played by Chuck Zito serving 35 years for murder in the second degree. ...

In Unit B, they tell Wangler that Adebisi must die but it is put on hold when it is learned that Adebisi is going to get Tim McManus replaced by an African American unit manager. Tim McManus Tim McManus is a fictional character on HBOs prison drama Oz. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

Season 4 Part I

Poet, Wangler, and Pierce are transferred back into Em City after Adebisi makes a request to Warden Glynn. Inside they torment a new inmate named Guilliame Tarrant. Adebisi puts a smuggled gun under Tarrant's bed, and the young man murders Wangler and Pierce. Poet is very upset that his best friends have died and Adebisi then suggests that Poet join him to take down all the white inmates. Poet remains loyal and as a result, when an African American named Martin Querns is hired in Tim McManus' position, things look up for Adebisi and his followers; they may do whatever they wish as long as there is no violence in Em City. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Spoiler warning: Martin Querns Martin Querns is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz, played by Reg. ...

Several transfers are made mainly of white and Latino inmates and guards being traded for blacks. Poet is asked to supervise Desmond Mobay, a Jamaican inmate wanting into the drug trade whom Adebisi does not trust. Poet and Supreme Allah are named trustees after the Italian and Latino inmates leave Em City. Poet becomes disgusted with what has happened in Em City under Adebisi's leadership (He is most disgusted by Adebisi's sexual behavior towards young black inmates) and secretly assists Said in taking him down. Homeboy member Leroy Tidd notices this and warns Adebisi, who claims that they will lay low until Said actually proves what he is doing. Querns is fired and Adebisi dies when trying to kill Said, so Poet is now the default leader of the Homeboys. Spoiler warning: Desmond Mobay/Detective Johnny Basil Desmond Mobay is played by Lance Reddick on the HBO show Oz. ... Supreme Allah Supreme Allah aka Kevin Ketchum played by Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian is a member of The Nation of Gods and Earths as a Five Percenter inmate on the HBO drama Oz. ... Leroy Tidd is a fictional character on the series Oz, an African American inmate played by Jacques Smith. ...

Season 4 Part II

When a news crew comes to Oz, Poet makes statements that convince them that Oz is full of corruption. When inmate Burr Redding arrives, Poet loses his leadership position when Redding convinces him that he can do a better job. Poet is Redding's main lieutenant and sets up an attempted murder on Supreme Allah, who has been excommunicated from the Homeboys. Poet schedules a visit with Tug Daniels, the brother of the man Supreme is serving time for murdering, and smuggles him a knife made from a sharpened toothbrush to kill Allah. Allah survives the attack, however, Daniels is sentenced to prison for attempted murder, and Warden Leo Glynn then sends Poet into solitary confinement as punishment for assisting Daniels. Burr Redding. ... Supreme Allah Supreme Allah aka Kevin Ketchum played by Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian is a member of The Nation of Gods and Earths as a Five Percenter inmate on the HBO drama Oz. ... Spoiler warning: Carlton Tug Daniels is an Oz inmate played by Method Man of the Wu Tang Clan. ... Warden Leo Glynn Leo Glynn (played by Ernie Hudson) is the warden of the Oswald state correctional facility on the HBO drama Oz. ...

As Daniels comes to Oz, he assists Poet and Redding in a plan to murder all the Italian and Latino inmates. The S.O.R.T. team breaks them up because of a tip from Augustus Hill. Redding has Hill excommunicated from the Homeboys. Poet later pays off the guards to allow Redding to kill Daniels. Hill approaches Poet with some information pertaining to Supreme's weakness; he is allergic to eggs. In the cafeteria, they put several eggs in the food that Supreme eats and he dies immediately. Poet then tells Redding about their success, and Redding allows Hill back into the Homeboys. Augustus Hill. ...

Season 5

Em City is reopened and Poet is among one of the Homeboys let back in. The Italians are taken down in a side battle with the Aryans. Redding calls a truce with Enrique Morales and the Latinos and agrees to work with them. Poet does not really like the Latinos and calls them spics behind their back. In the meantime, Redding gets control of the kitchen and the Italians removed so the Homeboys are now looking better. A guide dog program for the visually impaired then comes to Oz and Poet states his dislike for dogs being around him. Enrique Morales played by David Zayas is one of the most powerful Latinos on Oz. ... Look up spic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

A depressed Hill asks Poet and the Homeboys for some drugs. Hill accidentally snorts a lethal amount of heroin and goes into septic shock. Angry, Redding searches for the men responsible for drugging Hill and Poet is his first accusation. Poet lies, telling Burr to look at his enemies the Italians and Latinos instead of his friends among the Homeboys. Poet then uses Hill's overdose as an excuse to kill an Italian inmate as a means of drawing suspicion away from himself. With the help of Latino inmate Carmen Guerra, Poet gets Nacilla Busmalis, a witness with no vested interest to lie about the Italians overdosing Hill. An Italian inmate named Salvatore DeSanto is falsely accused, and dies from ingesting spiked LSD Redding had supplied. Hill then tells McManus that DeSanto did not give him the drugs and Poet, afraid for his life gets Busmalis to say the Latinos supplied Hill. The Latinos and Homeboys are no longer allied after the accusation is brought up and as a result, Morales now hates the black inmates. A drug overdose occurs when a chemical substance (i. ... Carmen Chico Guerra is a Hispanic inmate on Oz played by Otto Sanchez. ... Salvatore DeSanto is an Italian inmate on the HBO drama Oz played by Phil Campanella. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ...

Meanwhile, Poet is paid by prison dentists Dr. Tariq Faraj to spread the word about a gum transplant that Aryan Brotherhood inmate James Robson receives. Amused by the fact that the gums are from a black man, Poet and Ryan O'Reilly humiliate Robson in the cafeteria asking him first if he wants any "Chitlins and Gravy" with his lunch, then they announce that he got a pair of "ghetto gums" from the dentist. The Brotherhood is humiliated and kicks Robson out. Desperate to get back in with the Aryans, Robson buys heroin from Poet, using it to numb the pain as he tries to remove his gums. Dr. Tariq Faraj is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Aasif Mandvi. ... Image:Http://www. ... Ryan OReilly Ryan OReilly is a fictional character in the television series Oz. ...

As Augustus leaves the hospital and Redding is released from the solitary ward, Poet then begs Hill not to inform on him, to which Hill agrees. Hill dies during an attempt on Redding's life made by the Italians and Latinos, who have reformed their alliance

Season 6

The Homeboys begin attacking inmates at random since Redding is too badly injured to lead them. Poet and inmate Reggie Rawls, among others, are constantly robbing inmates and trying to sell drugs to get the gang back under control. Redding then tells them they are going to leave the kitchen and work as telemarketers. Poet, Rawls, and Keninah Maxwell, among others, are reluctant to do so. On the phones, Poet insults a woman for calling him a "spook" over the phone, and Redding fires him when he refuses to get back to work. The rest of the Homeboys follow Poet. Unknown to Poet, Redding requests that the Italians stop any drug transaction the Homeboys attempt to pull. This goes enforced as one of Poet's connections is ran over 37 times by the Italians on orders of Chucky Pancamo. Poet then asks former Black Panther member Jahfree Neema to lead them who refuses, saying the Homeboys give black people a bad name. Desperate for work, they work a higher paying job of book binders ran by Zahir Arif and the Muslims. Reggie Rawls is an African American Oz prisoner played by Mtume Gant. ... Telemarketing is a form of direct marketing where a salesperson uses the telephone to solicit prospective customers to sell products or services. ... Charles Pancamo On the television series Oz, Charles Pancamo aka Chucky The Enforcer is an Italian inmate played by Chuck Zito serving 35 years for murder in the second degree. ... A melanistic black jaguar, or black panther The black panther is the common name for a black specimen (a melanistic variant) of any of several species of cats. ... Zahir Arif Zahir Arif aka Jerome Van Dyke is a fictional character on the HBO series Oz, played by Granville Adams. ...

Poet and Rawls offer to help new inmate Stanley Bukowski sell marijuana, but the Italians discover this and kill Bukowski. Redding destroys the book industry and forces the Homeboys to come back and work as telemarketers. As they come back, Poet is forced to beg his way back in as a worker. Poet, however, saves the Homeboys when he develops a plan to steal credit card numbers to buy drugs. Look up credit card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• Official character biography at Oz website