Location: United States
Member Since: Dec. 16, 2009

Ian C. Dawkins Moore


Biography

My Biosphere

My name is Ian, in England born
My father’s from the islands, my mum’s from that shore
My youth was spent fleeing xenophobic bores.

I traveled to Athens and Timbuktu
I bathed in Alhambra, Granada too
I could never shake my brooding school.

My American wife dragged me here
My stepdaughter in toe, a brand new sphere
My opposition to the states to five years to clear.

I started again, from scratch in haste
I stared to relearn a new verb, chase
I started to learn a new action, waste.

My endeavors were positive though painfully slow
My dues well paid, eventually did grow
My overnight success took many moons to glow.

I now serve the public civil and clean
I now work the markets and international scene
I now have great credit and a labyrinth machine.

My writing before covered prose and essay
My heroes are Baldwin, Sojinka and Sesay
My novel attempts include travel and jazzy.

I read like a fish that swims in the night
I spend more on books than I have such a right
I meditate, cool out, and stay UN-Tight.

My dreams are to learn the heart of the word
My hopes are to chase that winged bird
My endeavors I pray are to teach and be heard.

I live in Oakland, city caught in a lie
I dwell in environs of many colored eyes
I inhabit a space of love and deep sighs.

My time here now is eight years plus
My memories of home are short and cussed
My life’s irony is to be an English fuss.

Where to find Ian C. Dawkins Moore online

Twitter: www.twitter.com/superdawk
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://IanCdawkinsMoore.wordpress.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Ian+c.+dawkins+Moore&x=12&y=20

videos

Pushkin's elegy
It's time my friends, 'tis time the heart to peace aspires Day follows day,the rolling stream of hours crumblings the banks of being and you and I had thought to live but behold we die...

Books

Return to my Native Land    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: $4.99 USD. 66230 words. Published on April 4, 2010. Nonfiction.
As a young man, I traveled in West Africa in search of my identity. I am a man of color, who was born in England. I visited West Africa in he mid-seventies before hat area exploded into violence, and witnessed the displacement of its people. This story is about my encounters with real people in Africa and my personal observations of my time there.
The Meaning of Life    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: $4.99 USD. 33240 words. Published on March 29, 2010. Fiction.
A collection of short stories and poems of romance, travel and adventure. For all readers who love language, words and expression, this collection is dedicated to you and the passionate stories that are now germinating in your hearts. May my humble stories act as a catalyst for your exuberant creations.
America-Culture Shock    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: $4.99 USD. 66380 words. Published on December 25, 2009. Nonfiction.
Culture shock is about the shock of cultures coming together in our world today. This book presents the story of culture shock within America to Americans. This book consolidates twenty years of writing and research about the culture shock experience into a definitive collection of essays, poems, commentaries and stories. They offer practical perspectives for students in high school and college,
Great Black Innovators & the Problem Solving Process    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: $2.99 USD. 8560 words. Published on December 25, 2009. Nonfiction.
a workbook, using the biographies and historical accomplishments of important black innovators, to demonstrate the problem solving process. A book, whose six step program can be used to resolve any problem.
Afro-Muse: The Evolution of African-American Music    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: $4.99 USD. 20650 words. Published on December 24, 2009. Nonfiction.
The story of music making in early African societies and its importation to America. A review showing the musical influences of Africa onto America. Chapters includes: Africa's history, musicology, instruments,the middle passage, seasoning in the islands, new world Africans arrive with their music,conversion to Christianity, the spirituals, camp meetings,the blues and hip hop's real origins.
Open Heart Poetry    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: $4.99 USD. 18000 words. Published on December 19, 2009. Fiction.
"Open Heart Poetry is iconoclastic poetry, written in a precise language that explores the intricacies of the emotions of love, friendship, and fatherhood, and ruminates on politics, history, music, and the mysteries of life. Each line in every poem explodes with an exact syntax and diction that grips the mind of the reader." Reginald Lockett, Poet & author of “PARTY CRASHERS OF PARADISE”

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