INTERVIEW | Dr. Neal Hall
Dr. Hall, describe yourself for or visitors:
My name is Dr. Neal Hall. I am a graduate of Cornell and Harvard Universities. I am a practicing medical and surgical eye doctor (Ophthalmologist). I have evolved into a poet and author. I began writing poetry in high school; only later in life did I find my voice, vocation and salvation in composing verse.
I’ve recently published a critically acclaimed anthology of verse titled Nigger For Life; reflecting my painful discovery, that in “unspoken America – the real America" race is the one thing on which I am is “first” judged by which I am is “first” measured, “first”, against which my life and accomplishments are metered diminished value, dignity, equality and justice. All of which having everything to do with accessing choice, opportunity, power and freedom in America.
POETRY MONTH PODCAST | Dr. Neal Hall
April is National Poetry Month. We will be featuring poets this month during our 2nd annual Spoke Word Feature.
In addition to being a poet and author, Dr, Hall is a medical and surgical eye physician. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University where he played football and ran track. While at Cornell, Dr. Hall achieved All Ivy, All East Coast, All America Honors, Co-Captained The Cornell Track and Field Team, Cornell’s Athlete of the Year – 78′, Gold Medalist 78′ U.S. National Sport Festival Mini Olympics, Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee and Cornell’s Quill and Dagger Honorary Society.
Dr. Hall received his medical degree from Michigan State and his ophthalmology surgical subspecialty training from Harvard University.
Dr. Hall began writing poetry in high school; only later in life did he find his voice, vocation and salvation in composing verse.
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POETRY MONTH PODCAST | A. Life
April is National Poetry Month. We will be featuring poets this month during our 2nd annual Spoke Word Feature.
I am author and entrepreneur, A. Life… filled with words that flow the cup of my inner man… so much so… ’til drops form puddles… spilling over the sides. This piece is from My Cup Overflows… and it is titled; Stand Up!
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POETRY MONTH PODCAST | Wanda Burnside
April is National Poetry Month. We will be featuring poets this month during our 2nd annual Spoke Word Feature.
Mrs. Wanda J. Burnside is an award-winning poet and writer. Since 1970, she has received more than 25 national and local honors in writing. At the age of 20, while a student at the University of Detroit, she received her first poetry award from Broadside Press. In 1999, she received both “The Writer of the Year Award” and “The Persistence Writer of the Year Award” from the American Christian Writers Association.
Wanda is one of the contributing poets in the newly released anthology, SISTAHFAITH: Real Stories of Pain, Truth, and Triumph published by Simon and Schuster of New York. Wanda is a contributing author and poet in other major Christian books such as: Too Soon to Say Goodbye and Wounded by Words true painful stories complied by Susan Titus Osborn, MA, Karen L. Kosman and Jeenie Gordon, MS, MA, LMFT. FAITH: Use It . . . or Lose It! by Minister Mary Edwards.
Listen to Wanda’s Spoken Word Segment
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A Hungry Heart and Aching Spirit Make a Battered Body
A Hungry Heart and Aching Spirit Make a Battered Body by Rhonda McKnight
“…it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” ~1 Peter 1:16
What does holy mean? I did some research and found that it is defined as having a moral standard of living, Christ-like in character, separate, pure, set apart. It was defined in spiritual terms, as a spiritual position or state of being. And while I agree with those definitions, I think too often we think that holiness is merely a spiritual thing. Meaning, if we attend church, read our bibles, serve in ministry, don’t cuss or drink, or commit other sins (that we’re aware of), we believe we have achieved holiness. Today I’d like to discuss another side to holy living; the reality that to be like Christ, we have to attend to not just the spiritual, but the physical.
What does 2010 hold for you?
What does 2010 hold for you?
by Sam Livingston
We have known for years that numbers are special to God. They are all through his divine plan for this world and the New Jerusalem to come. Some of the numbers that we can identify within the Bible are 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 24 and 50 to list a few. We walk in the blessing of God based partly through numbers.
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