Contributor: Tammica L. Summers
Tammica L. Summers "I am 34 y.o. (but I look 24!). I'm 4'11", 120 lbs., Petite, Sweet, and Single! I was raised in Florida, but have traveled all over the world. I am a college graduate and was a civilian until I was 30. I'm very open-minded, creative, articulate, and eclectic and I have been writing (essays, book reports, letters, poems, short stories) since grade school." Tammica is currently incarcerated at Broward Correctional Institution in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
9 Submissions.
World of The Forgotten / Poetry
Summers shares her reflection on life in prison.
Prison Life Prison-Industrial Complex
Without Regret / Poetry
Summers lives her life without doubt and has hope for the future.
Personal Narrative
Dehumanization Resistance / Poetry
Summers stays true to who she is in prison.
Mental Health Prison Life
Freedom / Poetry
Summers is getting closer to life on the outside of prison and she endures the anguishing wait.
Personal Narrative Prison Life Reentry
Ready to Go / Poetry
Summers shares her pain in waiting to be released from prison.
Health Personal Narrative Prison Life Reentry
Another Day Series / Poetry
Summers shares poetry to express how time feels in prison and her reactions.
Mental Health Personal Narrative Poetry Prison Life Prison-Industrial Complex
Another Day: A Series of Poems / Poetry
In this series of poems, Summers describes everyday prison life from a personal point of view. Fifteen separate poems discuss different aspects of daily life inside the walls, covering a broad range of emotions.
Personal Narrative Poetry Prison Life
Being an Inmate / Poetry
Being an inmate takes everything you have! It’s like having an out of body experience in which “you’ must come out of yourself and use all manner of determination, self-preservation, sacrifice, compromise, strength, and extreme measure of self-discipline to will yourself to do what is required…to will yourself into being an inmate.
Creative Writing Personal Narrative Prison Life
Dehumanization Resistance / Poetry
I am not a victim of circumstance, I am a victor and this is my big chance, With fire I dance…But it’s an elegant waltz, Because I learned in advance, Not to dwell on my faults.