"I'm reading this poem in memory of my caring Grandpa Hayy, who I miss very much."

Habibah Sanders, age 9

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

See also Sidi Haroon Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

"I'm reading this poem in memory of my caring Grandpa Hayy, who I miss very much."

Habibah Sanders, age 9

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

See also Sidi Haroon Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Marc Manley

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Medina Whiteman

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Adam Shamash

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Oh Servant of The Living!

We Salute you...

Unswerving hunter of the birds of meaning

You gathered them in for us

Great exotic plumed birds

like we had never seen before

You brought them to graze awhile

in the bright clearing of our imaginations,

to teach and illuminate

and remind us

of our lives and our deaths.

I wanted to find a bird, for memory of you

even if only a sparrow

common, garden, brown...

But instead

I dug the soil

and planted my favourite flowers

with their round green leaves

and yellow and orange trumpets

to climb the fence in the afternoon sunlight,

to sing praise and glory.

We are humbled by the radiance of your life

and even more by your final gift...

The Immense Dignity Of Your Departure,

like a poem written in a dying breath.

Our gathering supplications rise from all corners

like great wide rippling flocks of birds

pulled up by the gravity of heaven.

Oh what bright footsteps you leave!

May The Living take you to the highest of your visions...!

and then beyond...

and may we follow with the best of them.

I wanted to write...

but it was your words that came to me

as I dug the earth

Abdalhamid Evans 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

See also Sidi Haroon Michael Sugich’s moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Abdalhamid Evans pays tribute to his friend, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore in the next episode of this podcast.

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Read by Mujadad Zaman

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Read by Jenan Mohajir

 

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.

Read by Asifa Sheikh

 

Throughout Ramadan, SeekersHub is paying tribute to the late Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, one of the most prolific and skillful poets of our time. Each day, a selection from Ramadan Sonnets will be read by a friend and loved one. To contribute, please email us. 

Read Michael Sugich's moving tribute to Abdal-Hayy on the SeekersHub blog.