The Horizon Never Forgets
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Steven T. Moore often says that his mother is the wellspring of his poetry. She read and recited poetry to him before his birth and through his growing-up years in locales as varied as Central America and Gurnee, Illinois. Moore received his B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and his M.A. and Ph.D. are from the University of Nebraska. The recipient of several teaching and scholarly awards, he is a university professor of English who often teaches poetry workshops and a class called Bon Appétit: Savoring Poetry & Good Cooking. While writing poetry, he immerses himself in jazz, the blues, and the spirit of Langston Hughes. Published widely in literary journals, he is also a bestselling children's author and the author of two scholarly books examining Black rage.
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1 Who Am I?
I. Shimmering sunlight and dark rain
7 Fifth Grade Swim Trip on a Partly Cloudy Day and Beautiful Brown Feet
8 Arrival
9 After We Read ?Theme for English B?
12 Singing Train
13 Dropping Down into the River
14 Still a Slave
16 Still Here
17 They Carried Me Home Over Their Shoulders
18 Monday Rain
19 A Hundred Mondays
20 Stuttering
22 Grins and Lies
24 Rainbow
25 October Morning
26 Grandfather Clock
28 Here in the Country
29 This Country Does Not Love Us Back
30 Dead Flowers
32 Early Morning Voices
33 Eclipse
34 Pumping Gas on a Sunny Day, US Highway 80 E in Abilene, TX
36 A Poem for All the White People Who Just Don't Get It
37 Me Like Black
II. The horizon never forgets
43 Skittles
45 Bulletproof Castles
47 It Feels Like Blood
48 Another Unarmed Black Man, Earl Moore, 35, Dies in Police Custody
49 Black Monday
52 Stale Summer Wind
54 Jogging with Ahmaud Arbery
56 Ahmaud Arbery: Trial Verdict Just Announced
57 Last Day of Black History Month
59 Family Album
60 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
III. The moon follows me and my grief
63 On the Evening of My Mother's Death?July 30, 2018
65 I'm the Lost Child Searching for His 84-year-old Father
67 My Father Is Glass
69 It Was Four Years Ago
70 A Saturday Afternoon Drive
71 Maddening Train
72 Golden Arches
74 Sun and Snow
75 Hearing Her in Longview, TX
77 Sleep Tight
78 My Mother Ends Her Talking
79 Goodnight
80 Notes
82 Acknowledgments
83 About the Author
