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Bio
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.
8 submissions.
Being an Inmate
by Tammica L. Summers
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
World of the Forgotten
by Tammica L. Summers
Summers shares her reflection on life in prison.
prison-life prison-industrial-complex
Without Regret
by Tammica L. Summers
Summers lives her life without doubt and has hope for the future. endures the anguishing wait.
personal-narrative prison-life reentry
Ready to Go
by Tammica L. Summers
Summers shares her pain in waiting to be released from prison.
health personal-narrative prison-life reentry
If Only I Can Tell My Story!
by Tammica L. Summers
A poem by the late, great Wenona Thompson.
prison-life prison-industrial-complex
Freedom
by Tammica L. Summers
Summers is getting closer to life on the outside of prison and she endures the anguishing wait.
personal-narrative prison-life reentry
Dehumanization Resistance
by Tammica L. Summers
Summers stays true to who she is in prison.
mental-health prison-life
Another Day Series
by Tammica L. Summers
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.