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Letters From Prison: My Momma

Letters From Prison: My Momma

by Melissa Bee | May 11, 2025 | C.F. Guyton, From the Inside, Poetry From Prison

In this moving piece titled My Momma, one writer behind bars paints a vivid portrait of love, memory, and resilience. Read by a theater student in our Letters from Prison video series, it’s a reminder that even from behind walls, gratitude and reverence still bloom.

Poetry From Prison: I Loved You From… the Start

by Inmate Contributor | Nov 15, 2015 | C.F. Guyton, Poetry From Prison

Submitted by C.F. Guyton, pictured below with his wife. I loved you from Day One And on Day Two I made it my mission To be wed to you. As far as Day Three goes It was signed, sealed and delivered By angels in the Heavens. And at Day Four, we'd love from  Ceiling to...

Poetry From Prison: My Momma

by Inmate Contributor | Oct 27, 2015 | C.F. Guyton, Poetry From Prison

Poetry submitted by C.F. Guyton, pictured here with his wife. My Momma My Momma, puts the "El" in "El Shabazz," The love in laughter and the joy in these lonely days of future's past. My Momma; the Hiroshima of Hell's Kitchen. Succulent entrees of deliciousness are...

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