REFLECTIONS
Hala M. El-Banna has been writing poetry since her early childhood and was awarded the Editors Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry presented by the National Library of Poetry (NLP) for two consecutive years in 1994 and 1995.
She was also nominated by the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee of the International Society of Poets (ISP) as a distinguished member. She has several publications in the National Library of Poetry (NLP), "Poems of the World," and "Portals" quarterly magazines. Two of her latest works are currently in press. Most recently, Ms. El-Banna is being honored by the International Society of Poets with the society's nomination as Poet of the Year 2000.
Ms. Hala El-Banna is a PhD candidate at Cairo University.
The Ambassadors previously published nine other poems written by her. These can be viewed in the past issues ARCHIVES section.
Turning Abstract into Concrete
I'll
keep searching in the deepest ocean,
I'll keep looking everywhere I go,
I'll keep hoping for that ray of light;
the one that'll brighten my days and nights.
I'll keep dreaming, for maybe one day
I'll reach a long sought dream
And turn abstract into concrete
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