Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
BornDaniel Moore
July 30, 1940
Oakland, California
DiedApril 18, 2016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore (July 30, 1940, Oakland, California – April 18, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. poet, essayist and librettist.[1] In 1970 he converted to the Sufi tradition of Islam and changed his name to Abdal-Hayy (eventually merging it with his birth-name).[2] He then created works such as Ramadan Sonnets (1996) and The Blind Beekeeper (2002), most works being self-published. In early adulthood Moore traveled widely, living in Morocco, Spain, Algeria, and Nigeria as well as in Santa Barbara in the United States.[3]

Published works

Poetic works

  • Dawn Visions (City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1964)
  • This Body of Black Light (Fred Stone, Cambridge, 1965)
  • Burnt Heart (City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1971)
  • The Desert is the Only Way Out (Zilzal Press, Santa Barbara, 1985)
  • The Chronicles of Akhira (Zilzal Press, Santa Barbara, 1986)
  • Halley's Comet (Zilzal Press, Santa Barbara, 1986)
  • Atomic Dance (am here books, Santa Barbara, 1988)
  • Awake As Never Before (Zilzal Press, Philadelphia, 1993)
  • The Quest for Beauty —illustrated by Sara Steele (Zilzal Press, Philadelphia, 1994)
  • Roses, A Selection of Poems (Zilzal Press, Philadelphia, 1994)
  • Maulood, a poem in praise of The Prophet Muhammad (Zilzal Press, Philadelphia, 1995)
  • Mecca/Medina Time-Warp (Zilzal Press, Philadelphia, 1996)
  • The Ramadan Sonnets (Kitab/City Lights Books, Bethesda/San Francisco, 1996)
  • The Blind Beekeeper (Zilzal Press Chapbook, Philadelphia, 1999)
  • The Blind Beekeeper, Poems (Jusoor/Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 2001)
  • Mars & Beyond (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2005)
  • Salt Prayers (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2005)
  • Laughing Buddha Weeping Sufi (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2005)
  • Ramadan Sonnets (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2005)
  • Psalms for the Brokenhearted (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2006)
  • I Imagine a Lion (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2006)
  • Coattails of the Saint (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2006)
  • Love is a Letter Burning in a High Wind (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2006)
  • Abdallah Jones and the Disappearing-Dust Caper (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2006)
  • The Flame of Transformation Turns to Light/Ninety-Nine Ghazals Written in English (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2007)
  • Underwater Galaxies (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2007)
  • The Music Space (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2007)
  • Cooked Oranges (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2007)
  • Through Rose Colored Glasses (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2008)
  • Like When You Wave at a Train and the Train Hoots Back at You/Farid's Book (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2008)
  • In the Realm of Neither (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2008)
  • The Fire Eater's Lunchbreak (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2008)
  • Millennial Prognostications (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2008)
  • You Open a Door and It's a Starry Night (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009)
  • Where Death Goes (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009)
  • Shaking the Quicksilver Pool (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009)
  • The Perfect Orchestra (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009)
  • Sparrow on the Prophet's Tomb (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009)
  • A Maddening Disregard for the Passage of Time (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009)
  • Stretched Out on Amethysts (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2010)
  • Invention of the Wheel (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2010)
  • Chants for the Beauty Feast (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • In Constant Incandescence (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • Holiday from the Perfect Crime (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • The Caged Bear Spies the Angel (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • The Puzzle (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • Ramadan is Burnished Sunlight (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • Ala-udeen & The Magic Lamp (with illustrations by the author) (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2011)
  • The Crown of Creation (with illustrations by the author) (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2012)
  • Blood Songs (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2012), 2013 American Book Award[4]
  • Down at the Deep End The Ecstatic Exchange, 2012)
  • Next Life (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2013)
  • A Hundred Little 3D Pictures (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2013)
  • Miracle Songs for the Millennium (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2014)
  • He Comes Running, A Turkish Sojourn, and Myths We Never Knew (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2014)

Theatrical works

The Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company

  • The Walls are Running Blood (1968)
  • Bliss Apocalypse (1970)
  • Bliss Apocalypse Contemporaries: 28 New American Poets (Viking Press, New York 1972)

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship plays

  • Tayyad Sultan (1994)
  • Mr Richman and The Shaykh (1995)
  • The City of Sokku (1996)
  • Meeting in Mecca (1997)

The Floating Lotus Magic Puppet Theater

  • The Mystical Romance of Layla & Majnun (2000)

Songs, musical texts, and libretti

  • Rainforest [commissioned text], an oratorio by Henry Brant (1989)
  • Pilgrimage [Memoirs of a Dying Parachutist], chamber piece for baritone and chamber orchestra by Roscoe Mitchell (1995)
  • Links [Links], piece for sextet and baritone by Henry Threadgill (1999)
  • A Piece of Coal [Piece of Coal], for piano and baritone by Stephen Dickman (2001)
  • The Blind Beekeeper [The Blind Beekeeper], setting for piano and baritone by W. A. Mathieu (2003)
  • From: A Hundred Little 3D Pictures, for piano and baritone, by J.B. Floyd (2003)
  • In Crossing the Busy Street, for piano and baritone, by J.B. Floyd (2009)

Commissioned works (poetry/prose)

  • The Zen Rock Garden, A Way of Seeing with boxed miniature rock garden (Running Press, Philadelphia, 1992)
  • Warrior Wisdom (Running Press, Philadelphia, 1993)
  • The New York Ramayana —poetry narration (Lotus Music & Dance Studios, New York 2000)
  • The Little Box of Zen (Larry Teacher Books, 2001)
  • The Eagle Dance: A Tribute to the Mohawk High-Steel Workers —scenario, poetry text, direction and narration (Lotus Music & Dance Studios, New York 2001)

Editorial works

  • The Adam of Two Edens: The Poems of Mahmoud Darwish, as editor of various translators (Jusoor/Syracuse University Press 2001)
  • State of Siege by Mahmoud Darwish, editor of the translation by Munir Akash (2004)

Anthologized works

  • Mark in Time: Portraits & Poetry (Glide Publications, San Francisco 1971)
  • Contemporaries: 28 New American Poets (The Viking Press 1972)
  • San Francisco Oracle (Facsimile Edition 1995)
  • Haight Ashbury in the 60's! (CD Rom, Rockument 1996)

Works for children

  • The Story of Noah, illustrations by Malika Moore (Iqra Books, Texas 1979)
  • The Cage-bird's Escape, illustrations by the author (Zahra Publications, Texas 1981)
  • Sulayman and the Throne of Bilqis, illustrations by Malika Moore (Zahra Publications, 1983)
  • Abdallah Jones and the Disappearing-Dust Caper (The Ecstatic Exchange/Crescent Series, 2006)

Critical mention

  • Saturday Review of Books, Kenneth Rexroth on American Poetry (1965)
  • Rolling Stone, "Floating Lotus" (San Francisco 1969)
  • Festival—The Book of American Musical Celebrations, segment on “Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company.“ (Collier Books, New York 1970)
  • Mug Shots: Who's Who in the New Earth, article and biography. (Meridian, World Publishing 1972)
  • Literary San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Nancy Peters. (City Lights Books/Harper & Row, San Francisco 1980)
  • Saudi Gazette, "A Lone Voice," Julia Simpson’s article on the poet. (March 16, 1988)
  • Ellipses Magazine, "Return of a Sufi." (Princeton, Vol V No 5 1996-97)
  • The Temple, Karl Kempton’s review of The Ramadan Sonnets. (Vol 3 No 3 Summer 1999)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Remembering Poet Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore | MuslimView". 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Moore, Daniel Abdal-Hayy (2004). "Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Poetry". Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore poetry website. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  3. ↑ "UCSB Special Collections, Guide to Santa Barbara Authors and Publishers". UCSB Donald C Davidson Library website, Special Collections section. University of California, Santa Barbara. 2006-11-20. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-12-07. Poet, known as Daniel Moore until his conversion to Islam in 1969, lived in Santa Barbara in the 1980s.
  4. ↑ "34th Annual American Book Awards" (PDF). Before Columbus Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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