A Word About Collages
(Written for Wallingford Mad Poets reading, October 19, 2011) The collages on display are works I have been doing for the pa…
Choosing Islam: One Man’s Tale
I became a Muslim when it seemed I had already accepted Islam in my bones, as if bey…
Extended Biographical Information
Born in 1940 in Oakland, California, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore had his first book of poems, Dawn Visions, published by Lawrence …
An Orange Sunset Sits on a Blue Horizon
Laughing Buddha sits down with Weeping Sufi and they sing a song together that sets …
Author’s Introduction to Laughing Buddha Weeping Sufi
Someone asked a Zen Master, “What is Buddha nature?” and the master put his shoes on…
As We Enter the 3rd Millennium
As we enter the 3rd millennium roots reach down like gnarled hands boats rise up on waves like ballerinas buildings bloom like…
White Eagle in a Pit
There’s a lot to be said for growing up. I don’t remember noticing it much until pubic hair. Then the body takes off in…
Some Leaves Fall
for Mohja Kahf Some leaves fall spiraling down. Some leaves fall lopsidedly zigzagedly down. Some seem to fall like plummets s…
My God, Little Flakes
My God, little flakes falling from everything hang in the air forever, then planets form around them, and around them moons. T…