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    Open Your Eyes and Listen
    Open Your Eyes and Listen
    Open Your Eyes and Listen
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    Open Your Eyes and Listen

    By Alfred Harrell

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    Open Your Eyes and Listen highlights the joys, saddness and the determination of the human spirit to rise up in the face of things that challenge the very existence of the family structure.
    It delves into spirituality, matters of faith, that as individuals we sometimes accept blindly and other times forget the value thereof.
    The closing section of Open Your Eyes and Listen drives home social issues that are at times hotly discussed and quickly pushed aside once they're no longer of personal relevance to us as individuals.
    While Open Your Eyes and Listen is taken largely from Alfred Harrell lifes journey as an African-American male the messages it conveys through poetry crosses all racial and cultural lines in varying degrees just his life does which continues to be a world of multiple hues leading to another collection of your words not yet shared.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlfred Harrell
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
    ISBN9781452464824
    Open Your Eyes and Listen
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    Alfred Harrell

    As an opportunist Alfred Harrell is man of many titles: Poet Self-Publishing Author Poetry Group Facilitator Event Organizer Event Host Internet Radio Host Professional Blogger Marketer Poet Mentor Motivational Speaker Community Volunteer Sole Proprietor Alfred Harrell is available in any of the following areas for a modest fee plus travel and/or lodging if outside of the Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem area. Poetry Group Facilitator Event Organizer Event Host Poet Mentor Motivational Speaker What other have said about him “Alfred is passionate about his Presentation, Poetry, and People. He's a great organizer, coordinator and manager of community events.”-Tangil Smith,President/CEO DreaMaker, LLC “Alfred Harrell is dedicated and creative. He brings people and organizations together for the betterment of both.”-Rosalyn Marhatta.Poet “Alfred is a brilliant, well-spoken and extremely articulate man and one of the most driven people I have ever met. I am grateful to know hiim”-Jiliana Dulaney,Owner of Haute Chocolate The Chocolate Alchemist, Winston-Salem, NC “Alfred's poetic mind has transformed into a prominent theatrical journey. His words can capture your attention quickly. A very talented man.”-Charles French, Owner/Founder at Total Image Menswear, Greensboro, NC "Very talented! Also known for creating a great platform to share the gifts and talents of others." Positive spirit!"” –Mary Wells Lyles,Wells Marketing Group Contact: Alfred Harrell, mraharrl@gmail.com http://www.meetup.com/triadpoetry/ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ryse http://www.youtube.com/user/verbalxpression1 http://www.zazzle.com/revelationsuperstore

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      Open Your Eyes and Listen - Alfred Harrell

      Open Your

      Eyes

      and

      Listen

      By

      Alfred Harrell

      Published by Verbal Xpression, LLC at Smashwords

      Copyright Ó 2009 by Alfred Harrell

      Open Your Eyes and Listen

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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This collection of was written in the loving memory of mother Dorothy M. Harrell and Howard Corey my stepfather who became a father to me in as I transitioned from teen to young man and then to a young man with a family of his own. To Monica Harrell who bore me two wonderfully well-rounded sons, Alfred Tyrrell and Desmond M., I say thank you for having my back through our good and bad times on the journey that we shared daily for a many years.

      The POETRYGSO program under the direction of Steve Sumerford and Beth Sheffield who continually schedule literary opportunities

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