Michael Jordan's Blog
 My name is Michael Jordan but I'm not that Mike. I was born in Bakersfield, California and raised just outside of Shafter, Calif. in a place called Smith Corner. My father left before I can remember and my mother drown before my eyes at the age of 4 so my Grandparents raised me with the help of my Uncle Joe.
By the time I started High School I was hooked on drugs and they pretty much consumed my life until the age of 41. It was at that age during one of my many trips to Prison that I broke down and prayed to the God I had been so angry at since my Mothers death. When I had finished my prayer I got up and penned my first poem. My life would never be the same.
I now live in a small Northern California town called Willows with my Wife Antoinette and our Daughter Michaela. By the grace of God I have 5 years clean and sober and I no longer Cook Meth to support myself. During the last 5 years I have devoted myself to try and warn others of the pains involved with the life I once lived. i curently have 4 books published and number 5 should be released soon, These books are
The Heart of an Addict
The Soul of Desire
The Other Side of Reality
In His Name - By His Grace
Untwisted - Pure Poetry - To soon be released
These books are available on LuLu.Com - Amazon & Barns & Noble. I should add that I use the proceeds from these books to place them in juvinile halls, jails, re-habs etc.
This site is like a second home to me & its members are like my extended family, thank You and God Bless, MJ
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Blog Posted:4/3/2011 9:14:00 PM
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I'm trying to download some pictures on the site but not having much luck. i just posted about a hundred on my Facebook page so I don't know why I can't get couple up here. I think it may have to do with the name.
I had a pretty good day today. I gave my respects to the Lord, wrote and read some poems, had some popcorn with my wife, and played with our new pup. Life just doesn't get any better. My wife and I talked about our life and how it's going. We talked about where we are and where we one day plan to be. Far as I'm concerned as long as I'm with her it doesn't really matter.
I'm still learning all type's of things on my new mac. This laptop is a great setup and I'm just learning. i can do in an hour what took me most of the day on my old mac. With the top site feature I can bounce from this site to my school site in a couple of seconds. Really fast performance on these mac book pros, I'm glad I bought it. It has a feature to use verbal commands but when you stutter it doesn't work right. I think it tries to stutter with me but doesn't have that program.
Thank you guys for being there it helped a lot, mj
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 7/19/2011 | Heart of Gold | Couplet | introspection,lifelife, |
| 4/3/2011 | A Bag of Popcorn | Couplet | food,happiness,introspect |
| 4/3/2011 | Mildred Noland | Couplet | death,dedication,friendsh |
| 4/3/2011 | With Them Again | Free verse (vers libre) | death,faith,friendship,fu |
| 4/2/2011 | Happy Birthday Carol and Antoinette | Couplet | dedication,friendship,int |
| 3/19/2011 | Down a Long And Lonely Road | Free verse (vers libre) | introspectionlonely, |
| 3/13/2011 | This Very Day | Couplet | friendship,hope,husband,l |
| 1/12/2011 | The Seamstress of Time | Couplet | dedication,devotion,faith |
| 1/8/2011 | Love, Hate And My Fate | Couplet | angst,confusion,introspec |
| 1/5/2011 | My Goal-My Love | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion,faith,hope,intro |
| 1/4/2011 | This Poem Is How I Feel | Quatrain | introspection,life |
| 12/31/2010 | Nothing Is More Beautiful Than That | Free verse (vers libre) | lovebeautiful,beautiful, |
| 12/31/2010 | I Serve The Lord | Quatrain | faith,inspirational,intro |
| 7/10/2010 | Eternal Everlasting Joy | Quatrain | faith,family,forgiveness, |
| 6/7/2010 | The Words That flow Through My Pen | Free verse (vers libre) | introspection,life,on wri |
| 6/6/2010 | Across our Savanna | Couplet | faith,lifewords, |
| 6/5/2010 | Freedom to Grow Medical Marijuana | Couplet | lifemay,me, |
| 6/5/2010 | I Will be Happy | Couplet | happiness,lifelife,happy, |
| 6/5/2010 | Who I Am | Couplet | introspection,lifehope, |
| 6/2/2010 | The San Quinton Kangaroo Rat (Endangered Species) | Couplet | animals,death,life,nature |
| 5/30/2010 | Magical Things | Quatrain | adventure,devotion,faith, |
| 5/28/2010 | Happiness | Couplet | happiness |
| 5/26/2010 | Beyond The Gates | Couplet | angst,childhood,death,hop |
| 5/24/2010 | Soul of a Shoe | Personification | angst,devotion,historyfea |
| 5/24/2010 | Blind Faith | Couplet | faithfaith, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| Compadre | Cowboy | animals,cowboy-western,de |
| Demon In Plastic. | Verse | life,loss,sad, |
| Violin | Personification | death,love,sadworld,rose, |
| The Fallen Prince has Risen - Michael | Prose Poetry | hope,inspirational,life,o |
| michael jordan, poet soul - you are it | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion,faith,friendship |
| A Special Friend | Verse | faith,friendship,love,tha |
| Michael’s Blessed Birthday (Kyrielle Sonnet) | Sonnet | faith,family,friendship,h |
| Angels and Outlaws | Ballad | cowboy-western,life,love, |
| Charred Orchestra | Verse | confusion,visionary,war, |
| My Precious Angel | Quatrain | devotion,hope,inspiration |
| Michael Jordan | Quatrain | dedication |
| The Resumption of Life | Concrete | history,inspirationaleast |
| A Knelling Bell | Rhyme | dedication,friendship |
| A Country Of Addictions | Narrative | education,faith,hope,life |
| Solution | Free verse (vers libre) | angst,lost love,love |
| Mending Dysfuntion | Free verse (vers libre) | childhood,recovery from.. |
| Reasoning: Fight The Good Fight ! | Verse | education,faithlight,ligh |
| still here | Free verse (vers libre) | caregiving |
| Write ! | Free verse (vers libre) | on writing and wordsme,me |
| I love To Sing | Rhyme | faith,upliftinglove, |
| GOD'S SPIRITUAL STIMULUS PLAN | Dramatic monologue | faith,hope,inspirational, |
| Cobalt Summer | Rhyme | life,love,nostalgia,passi |
| footle ...Back from the Vet ! | Light Poetry | loss |
| ~His Name Is Wonderful~ | Acrostic | dedication,devotion,faith |
| Dog Days Dreaming | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion,fantasy,lovesumm |
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