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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

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Anger: 71 of 360

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 y...
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Why black athletes dominate sports (and why people are afraid to talk about it): 2 of 3

Black Athletes have been at the helm of success, once given the right to participate in his or her specific sport. Black athletes dominate sports not purely based on muscle mass and speed. Black athletes dominate sports based upon the psychological reference that he or she must be successful in his or her brand of sports in ...
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues The beauty of the African-American: 5 of 7

Have you ever taken a picture and captured it at many different angles, and still did not understand what it means? Well I have, I've been taking that picture for the past twenty-two years of my life. Each time I think I've got the right footage, life happens and distorts it. For some it could be a baby on the way, for other...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Peace: 133 of 145

Life, love, joy and peace; Why can't we fight this clash in the East! Prosperity, charity hopes for tomorrow; Sometimes it may end up bringing us sorrow. Pain, gain love yo name; why can't we find another Saying. Life, love, joy and peace; Why can't we fight this clash in the East! Shooting, killing, frying too, who's respon...