: About Me

Growing up as a foster child until the wee age of nine, twenty two year old Michael Beckford was striving to find himself, his family and his dreams. He was once a prodigy of the state, a statistic of his impoverished community and a kid who grew up poor in physical possessions.

It was hard for Michael to believe that those who have dreams will succeed, considering that he had but ten items of clothing in his possession. He grew up with the boundaries of not being able to take a shower everyday, while living with nine other children. His caretakers were very old and both Edna and Alton Lewis have died.

Thirteen years later and over two hundred poems credited to his name, Michael Beckford has defeated the odds with the help of two parents that adopted him. Mark and Denise Beckford have helped him to realize that dreams are for all people, even those that are poor in possessions can be rich in spirit. Many would say that he's found his dream. A dream for words, a dream for people and most importantly a dream for what God wants him to accomplish in his life.

Michael is an entrepreneur in a sense that he knows how to draw a crowd and invest his time in people as a servant of God. Michael is an African-American sensation at the young age of twenty two, having already written one book called Speak UP! Poetry. He is currently an entrepreneur and is working on more projects. www.speakbooks.net

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Anger

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Is it sad or does it really make you mad, Understanding that you are poor. You know that you are in need but You want to learn how to read. It seems that you may loose your rights, Struggling just for a dim of light. Wanting to vote, but it's hard to do it, No one showed you because they never got to it. People laughing in your face, making you think You're from another place. They're Beating on you with despair and sorrow, You don't know weather there's going to be another Tomorrow. There's no food for you and your child, to get To school you have to walk three miles. There Is no money fo...

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