Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore (July 30, 1940, Oakland, California – April 18, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. poet, essayist and librettist.[2] In 1970 he converted to the Sufi tradition of Islam and changed his name to Abdal-Hayy (eventually merging it with his birth-name).[3] 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.[4]
Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore | |
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![]() Moore in 1968 with the Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company | |
Born | Daniel Moore July 30, 1940 Oakland, California |
Died | April 18, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 75)
Resting place | Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Cemetery, East Fallowfield, Pennsylvania[1]![]() |
Published works
editPoetic works
edit- 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[5]
- 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
editThe Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company
edit- 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
edit- Tayyad Sultan (1994)
- Mr Richman and The Shaykh (1995)
- The City of Sokku (1996)
- Meeting in Mecca (1997)
The Floating Lotus Magic Puppet Theater
edit- The Mystical Romance of Layla & Majnun (2000)
Songs, musical texts, and libretti
edit- 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)
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "OBITUARIES Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, 75, Philadelphia poet". 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Remembering Poet Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore | MuslimView". 21 April 2016.
- ^ Moore, Daniel Abdal-Hayy (2004). "Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Poetry". Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore poetry website. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "34th Annual American Book Awards" (PDF). Before Columbus Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.