One Day is a collection of poems which highlights the issues and challenges facing mankind in the 20th and 21st centuries. Politics, religion, socio-economic issues, and a need for natural resources led to numerous campaigns on the battlefield, and on the middle class. Issues challenging the poor and the middle class were world wide issues, and in an attempt to spread democracy; conflicts became the order of the day.
Shirley Howard Hall is the author of ONE DAY; Life, Love and Controversy in Middle America, LISTEN and a contributor to Candy and Stars in Our Hearts: Moments. She is the recipient of various awards and her work has appeared in newspapers, magazines and blogs nation wide. An advocate for peace, freedom, and equality she challenges social, economical, religious, and political agendas through controversial, provocative, insightful, and inspirational poetry and essays. As a voice for the people behind the story her poems minister to current affairs and emotions; befitting life’s challenges - and our times. As a speaker she has presented her poems in colleges and universities, in social and professional venues, and in 1980 by special invitation to Ambassador Terrance Todman at the American Embassy in Madrid Spain. As owner of More Than Words her vitae ranges from specialized consignment pieces to corporate, group, and individual announcements, pamphlets, and personalized greetings. A diversified writer, widely read poet, and noted public speaker, her controversial bodies of work have been used in university classes and is read and appreciated worldwide. SHIRLEYHALLPOET.LLC P O Box 3938 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74013 Email: www.shirleyhallpoet@yahoo.com www.shirleyhallpoet.com www.shirleyhallpoet.net www.shirleyhallpoet.