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Author Exposes Nocturnal Voices Through Poetry and Verse
Tulsa, Oklahoma – November 15, 2009 –
“LISTEN”, by author Shirley Hall,
Forward by Constance Stadler, Phd.
“Listen”, takes a reader deep into the conscientious of the socially, economically, and culturally challenged of the world. Confronting the communal stigmas of not fitting in, “LISTEN” is a first person journey into the poignant lives of those who fail to flourish in today’s society.
In this collection of poems the author compels us to look at the mistreated and enslaved. Hopeless and helpless, abused and disenfranchised, their stories scrolled ticker tape style across the bottom of our screens. The author forces us to acknowledge and at times concede to the darkness that masks their faces.
An excerpt from one of her poem’s, Obsessed:
A stairway calls and I ascend knees fumbling
A heart beats faster than a pulse records
I climb and climb again in search of answers
Oh holy mother hear my desperate call.
Upon the roof I kneel - the rain oppressing
Two tear soaked cheeks sustaining sleepless eyes
With praying hands I cry and beg for mercy
Toward darkened skies of shapes and sounds I bow
Fearing the infinite in ourselves, “LISTEN” engulfs us in screams that get louder, emotions that clash with understanding, and a whirlwind of confrontations, that marginalize a society of real people, attempting to live real lives. Rich in enlightenment, yet dark and enticing, “LISTEN” is for real people living real lives. Although the author’s work trends toward academia, “LISTEN” is an awakening that shines a light on the portico that separates those who think they “have” from those who are sure they “have not”.
Copyright © 2009 by Shirley Howard Hall
Library of Congress Control Number:
ISBN: 0-88144-481-2
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Using the richest of language, ONE DAY highlights the complexities facing mankind today. Writing in first person the author opens avenues of understanding by becoming the voice of the people behind the story. From the chains of slavery to the horrors of abuse, from the terror of the battlefield, to the breakdown of the family, a whirlwind of emotions rise and fall as the author embodies an excruciating honesty in a most unexpected format
"ONE DAY"
Life, Love and Controversy in Middle America",
"It All Went Well" - Katrina and the San Diego Fires
"Revoked" - Blackwater in Iraq
"Diabolical Mass" - Genocide in Darfur
"Earth" - Global Warming
"Martyr" - The War in Iraq
"Bastard" - Discrimination
"Epilogue to a Slave Girl" - Race and American History
"Perfect X" - Ethnicity
"Trafficked" - Drug trafficking
In this collection the author openly discusses, war, slavery, race, health care, crime, religion, AIDS, cancer, spousal and child abuse, mental illness, suicide, love, and moral and immoral relationships. Through a wonderful provocative prose, she makes their voices heard. The chapters on life, include such pieces as
"Recital",
"At Eight",
"Cancer"
"I Miss It"
and the title piece
"One Day"
Copyright © 2007 by Shirley Howard Hall
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007941394
ISBN: 978-0-9798538-8-3
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