Cooked Oranges / Poems

Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore

Lulu.com, Sep 1, 2007 - Poetry - 168 pages

Poetic inspiration continues to be a mystery to me, but I am its deep advocate, and hold to its irrational and shady acreage like a greedy real estate developer gazing out over the possibilities (a ramshackle hut here, a barn there, a castle with a lake yonder...). Is it angels, djinn, my black cat curled at the bottom of my bed while I'm hot in composition mode? My "unconscious," "God Consciousness?" (my fervent prayer).

Contents

• Beginnings ofjokes Without Endings: 4
• Come Sunday 24: 9
• Grief 31: 10
• Nonevent 35: 13
• Tiny Thread 47: 18
• Air Circulates Around the Great and Small 55: 21
• Gnomic Sentences 67: 23
• Keeping it Simple 75: 26
• Very Tiny Gazelles 81: 29
• Angel Pranks 85: 31
• Terrible 89: 32
• Ramadan Rapture 92: 33
• The Poems I Want to Read 94: 34
• The Radiance of Day 99: 35
• The Road 101: 36
• The Worlds BundleNovember 3 2004 103: 37
• The Dead 105: 38
• The Sleep Train 107: 39
• 4o Tonguetip to Tonguetip 109: 40
• The Forest of Sleep 112: 41
• Lay Back Down 113: 42
• A Vermins Tale 115: 43
• The Dynasty of Durability 118: 44
• Theres the Train That Stops 119: 44
• Alchemical Wedding 121: 46
• The Way of the World 123: 47
• Grace Descending 126: 48
• The Lion Who Wanted to Sing 128: 49
• 5o More Sunlight Let Through 136: 50
• Direct Passage 138: 51
• There Was a Reply 141: 52
• A Short Shoe Saga 144: 53
• Doors 146: 54
• The Alchemists Lesson 148: 54
• Line From a Dream Poem 151: 56
• Saga of the Sea Sponge 152: 57
• Why There are Stars 154: 58
• The Sleep of the Dead 156: 59
• 6o But it is We 157: 60
• Poem Given in a Dream 159: 62
• Poem that Puts into Perspective 163: 63

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cooked Oranges / Poems
• Author: Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
• Publisher: Lulu.com, 2007
• ISBN: 0615163084, 9780615163086
• Length: 168 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / General