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Author:
Floriana Hall Binding: Paperback
(pp: 115) ISBN:
978-8182531550
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2009
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Just as anyone’s life takes different turns at
various stages, every author’s experience with
writing or publishing is varied. My story is
unlike any other writers or poets. The fact that
I started writing seriously at the age of 68 is
unusual. Even though I loved nursery rhymes as
a toddler, wrote poems at the young age of
seven, and wrote for the high school newspaper,
I never imagined that I would become an author
and poet in later years. My high school English
and Literature teachers sparked my interest in
creating scrapbooks of accomplished poets. My
favorite poet has always been Joyce Kilmer and
my favorite poem has always been TREES. During
the years that I was raising my five wonderful
children, three girls and two boys, I wrote some
poems and stories, but never thought seriously
about publishing them. After my 68th birthday,
most of our nine grandchildren were grown, so I
asked myself, “What could I do now to help
ensure that the world might be a better place
for my having walked here?” Two weeks later, I
was inspired in church by what the pastor said
to write my first published poem, LOVE NEVER
DIES, which won the Editor’s Choice Award. That
gave me an incentive to keep on writing poetry,
and I have since won many poetry prizes for an
accumulation of over 600 poems published all
over the world.
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Gathering Graces
Author:
Floriana Hall Binding: Paperback
(pp: 179) ISBN: 978-81-8253-116-1 Availability: In Stock
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I have always loved poetry. Even though I write
both free verse and rhyme, I especially like
rhyme. As a young child, I enjoyed repeating
nursery rhymes- they were 'fun for the tongue.'
In elementary school, I wrote short verses, but
these were lost in the many moves our family made
during The Great Depression. I have kept a
scrapbook of high school (graduated June 1945,
Cuyahoga Falls High School Distinguished Alumna)
favorite poems with biographies of my favorite
poets. My all-time favorite poem is TREES by Joyce
Kilmer. GATHERING
GRACES contains many winning poems, both free
verse and rhyme. Since poetry lives on after a
poet's death, I hope to touch other people's
lives and to help them cope with the adversities
of life.
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Floriana
(Berdyck) Hall
 Floriana (Berdyck)
Hall, poet and author of nine inspirational books,
five nonfiction and four poetry, was born in
Pittsburgh, Pa. 10/02/27. After many moves, her
family settled in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on 12/7/41.
Floriana graduated June 1945 from Cuyahoga Falls
High (Distinguished Alumna), eleventh in a class
of 167. Her English and literature teachers taught
her all she needed to know about writing. She
attended Akron University business school.
Floriana
married Robert E. Hall, a World War II veteran, on
12/31/48, and they have five children, nine
grandchildren, and one great granddaughter. She
worked for General Tire & Rubber Company as a
private secretary at the age of 17, and later
worked for the Chemical Workers Union, Summit
County Courthouse, and Akron Legal News.
Floriana is
the founder and coordinator of The Poet's Nook
at Cuyahoga Falls Library, and editor of The Poet's
Nook's three books. She has won many poetry
prizes. Her poetry and short stories are published
in the United States, England, France and India.
She teaches
poetry for www.LssWritingSchool.com under YOU, ME,
AND POETRY. She has been inducted into WHO'S WHO
IN US WRITERS, EDITORS AND POETS, WHO'S WHO IN
INTERNATIONAL POETRY, MARQUIS WHO'S WHO IN
AMERICA. Her works have been compared to the style
of Poe and Hawthorne by Taj Mahal Review.
Although
Floriana has written all of her life, her family
was her priority until her children were raised.
When she was 68 years old, she was inspired in
church to write her first published poem, LOVE
NEVER DIES, which won the Editor's Choice Award.
Floriana is still active in her church and has
been a volunteer for many other organizations. She
feels that all of her accomplishments are a gift
from God. After an out of body experience as a
child, she knows that heaven and angels are
waiting for all of us.
Her
philosophy of life is 'The secret of life is not
to take it personally'.
Contact: HAFLORIA@sbcglobal.net
http://www.alongstoryshort.net/FlorianaHall.html
REVIEWS
Gathering
Graces is a book of poetry the feeds the soul.
It touches all levels of human emotions. It is
thought provoking, deep and at times, just
magical!
The
eclectic mix of themes keeps your excitement
level high, as you journey from one poem to the
next.
It
is so well written. You will not want to lay it
down, but read it through from cover to cover.
The poetry will grab you, excite you, bless you
and transport you! I recommend "Gathering
Graces" highly.
Mary Ann Jameson
U.S.A
Floriana's
new poetry book, Gathering Graces
is a wonderful artistic collection of fine tuned
works in words, thoughts and observations. She
shows skills that spring from inspiration that
border mysteriously close to divine. These catchy
verses are close to the heart and tend to stick in
the mind and return to haunt the reader. Her
subject matter varies delightfully, keeping
interest and there
is something for everyone in her poems.
Gathering Graces is a treasure to return and
reread over and over!
......Dreama
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