Michael Warrior Bonds is an internationally respected spoken word artist, award-winning poet, educator, motivational speaker, author, and elder statesman in his community of Roxbury, Boston. His performances and motivational speeches have been described as "passionate," "moving," "captivating," powerful, and real. He has a unique ability to connect with his audience, often leaving the stage and walking among them during his performances, leading him to be called "the poet who has Hyperactive Attention Deficit Disorder."

Michael has produced and facilitated workshops nationally and internationally and holds an Associate in Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Kaplan University/Bauder. In 2008, he won the "Best Spoken Word Album" award at the New England Urban Music Awards. He has been recognized twice as a "Boston Community Warrior" by the Institute for Pan African Cultural Education Inc. (P.A.C.E)/ Defensive Arts Training (D.A.T.) and the Nation of Islam in 2003 and 2011.

In 2023 Michael was the artist in residence at the Westend Boys & Girls Club in Alston Brighton MA, facilitated a 3-month long workshop at Brockton High Schools Promise College teaching 37 high school students the art of spokenword poetry.

Michael is a self-published author of two books of poems titled "Gunz, Poems & Rosez" and "The Write." He has also helped youth and other adults publish their works. His poetic contributions have been featured in various literary anthologies and magazines, including "Bandana Republic" edited by the late legendary poet, author, and writer Louis Reyes Rivera & co-founder of HBO Def Poetry Bruce George. He has also appeared in several documentaries and films, including the award-winning documentary "The 2006 Red Bull Word Clash Film."

Michael has performed alongside renowned artists such as poet, educator, and co-founder of the Black Arts Movement Askia Toure, poet professor author and inspiration for the movie Love Jones Reggie Gibson, gospel legend Tramaine Hawkins, former R&B sensation CeCe Peniston, and others. In 2019 he was named Lizard Lounge Poetry Jams Most Valuable Poet and Grande Champion. In 2023 he was inducted into the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Hall of Fame. He also featured on Chronicle (ABC News Channel 5 WCVB) and internationally appeared on “Good Mornin Barbados” and performed at Cricket Legends in Barbados . Mr. Bonds created and curated a celebration of National black Poetry Day in honor of Americas first Black author and poet Jupiter Hammon. He hosts Just Spit, a biweekly open mic in downtown Pawtucket Rhode Island and is the founder and creative director of POEMS Boston a social media platform for booking, promoting, exposing and celebrating poets and the art of spokenword on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Threads.

Michael's dedication to his craft and his community makes him an exceptional artist and an inspiration to many,

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