Daniel Moore (poet): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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'''Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore''' (born July 30, 1940, died April 18, 2016 in [[Oakland, California]], USA) was a U.S. [[poet]], [[essay]]ist and [[libretto|librettist]].<ref>http://muslimview.co.uk/the-community/obituary/remembering-poet-daniel-abdal-hayy-moore/</ref> In 1970 he embraced the [[Sufi]]c tradition of [[Islam]] and changed his name to Abdal-Hayy (eventually merging it with his birth-name).<ref>{{cite web |author=Moore, Daniel Abdal-Hayy|url=http://www.danielmoorepoetry.com|title=Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Poetry|year=2004|accessdate=2007-12-07|work=Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore poetry website}}</ref> He then created works such as ''Ramadan Sonnets'' (1996) and ''The Blind Beekeeper'' (2002). In early adulthood Moore traveled widely, living in Morocco, Spain, Algeria, and Nigeria as well as in Santa Barbara in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/sbauthors_lm.html |title=UCSB Special Collections, Guide to Santa Barbara Authors and Publishers |date=2006-11-20 |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara |accessdate=2007-12-07 |work=UCSB Donald C Davidson Library website, Special Collections section |quote='''''Poet, known as Daniel Moore until his conversion to Islam in 1969, lived in Santa Barbara in the 1980s. ''''' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808203037/http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/sbauthors_lm.html |archivedate=2007-08-08 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>

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* {{Official website|http://www.danielmoorepoetry.com/}}

* [http://ecstaticxchange.wordpress.com/ ''EcstaticXchange'', Moore's poetry site (includes essays, blog, [[YouTube]] video and spoken word recordings]

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