Hi everybody! My name is Michael Teferi, I am a BIPOC Poet, Writer, Positive Psychology Coach, and a Debut Poetry Book Author. I reside in Manassas, VA, although I am originally from Ethiopia, yet I was born right here in Washington, DC, and grew up right here in DC, Arlington, and Alexandria, VA. I joined this group to find and connect with the love of my life, after having been divorced as of 2016 and becoming single for the past 9 years or so. A fun fact about me is that I loved reading the Webster’s New World Dictionary as a young child for fun, as I read all the words, synonyms and antonyms that I could find as a whole. Plus, I read the Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia as a young child too.

Hi everyone! This is Michael, by the way! Here are my newfound wins: a) I have been a BIPOC Poet and a Writer ever since March 2025, so it’s been over a year that I have delved deeper into my intuition on purpose; b) I have been exercising during the day as part of my health journey and exercise routine for many months now, ever since March 2025 too so it’s been over a year now; and c) I have a brand new phone number from TextNow.

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