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Lenard Duane Moore (born February 13, 1958) in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
He is a writer of more than 20 forms of poetry, drama, essays and literary criticism, and has been writing and publishing haiku for over 20 years.
In 2008, Moore became the first Southerner and the first African American to be elected as President of the Haiku Society of America. He is Executive Chairman of the North Carolina Haiku Society, founder and Executive Director of the Carolina African American Writers' Collective, and co-founder of Washington Street Writers' Group. He has won the Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award for his contribution to the fine arts of North Carolina.
Poetry
Moore's poetry has been translated into several languages. He is the author of:
  • ''Poems of Love & Understanding'' (Carlton Press, 1982)
  • ''The Open Eye'' (NC Haiku Society Press, 1985)
  • ''Forever Home'' (St. Andrews College Press, 1992)
  • ''Desert Storm: A Brief History'' (Los Hombres Press, 1993)
  • Moore has taught workshops, served on literary panels, and given hundreds of readings at schools, festivals, colleges and universities, including National Black Arts Festival, Zora Neale Hurston Festival, People’s Poetry Gathering, Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center (Camden, New Jersey) and The Library of Congress.
    Awards
  • 1983, 1994, 2003 Haiku Museum of Tokyo Award
  • 1987-1988 Japan Air Lines Haiku Contest Finalist out of 40,000 entries
  • 1992 First Prize Winner in Traditional Style Haiku,Mainichi Daily News:Tokyo, JAPAN
  • 1992 Third Prize Harold G. Henderson Award, Haiku Society of America
  • 1996 Indies Arts Award
  • 1997 Margaret Walker Creative Writing Award
  • 1998 Tar Heel of the Week Award
  • 1998-2000 Cave Canem Fellow
  • 2000 Alumni Achievement Award
  • 2001 The Heron's Nest Award, First Runner-up for poem ''summer moon-''
  • 2006 Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award for contributing to the fine arts of North Carolina
  • Publications
    Features
    His poems, essays and reviews have appeared in over 350 publications, such as:
  • Midwest Quarterly
  • North Dakota Quarterly
  • Obsidian III
  • Poetry Canada Review
  • Anthologies
    Moore's poetry appeared in over forty anthologies including:
  • ''Gathering Ground'' (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
  • ''The Haiku Anthology'' (Norton, 1999)
  • ''Trouble The Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry'' (Mentor Books, 1997)
  • ''Spirit & Flame: An Anthology of African American Poetry'' (Syracuse University Press, 1997)
  • ''Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac'' (Kodansha International Ltd., 1996)
  • ''The Garden Thrives: Twentieth Century African American Poetry'' (Harper Collins, 1996)
  • ''HEIWA: Peace Poetry in English and Japanese'' (University of Hawaii Press, 1995)
  • ''In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry'' (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1994)
  • ''Haiku Moment: An Anthology of Contemporary North American Haiku'' (Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1993)
  • He is co-editor (with Michael Dylan Welch) of the 2007 Haiku North America conference anthology, titled ''Dandelion Wind''.
    Electronic media
    Moore has been featured on several radio and television programs, including:
  • The Story: with Dick Gordon (broadcaster), Finding Haiku, a radio interview that aired August 20, 2007.
  • Spirit of the Ark, a TBS Documentary that aired August 5, 1996
  • Voice of America, radio program.
  • Speaking engagements
    He is a co-presenter in ''An Evening with Sonia Sanchez'', African Americans Writing Haiku, and African American Quilts and the Women Who Make Them.
    Education
    Moore earned his M.A. degree in English/African American Literature from North Carolina's A&T State University, and his B.A. degree with Magna Cum Laude honors from Shaw University. He was also educated at Coastal Carolina Community College and the University of Maryland.
    He is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Mount Olive College. He is a former adjunct professor at Shaw University. He has also taught at North Carolina State University-Raleigh, N.C. A&T State University-Greensboro, and Enloe High School. He is a former writer-in-residence for United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County.
    Background
    Moore worked with his great-grandmother on a farm while growing up. He has lived in South Carolina, Virginia, California, and Germany where he served in the U.S. Army. He writes about family, jazz, identity, and global issues. Moore is working on two poetry collections, a novel, short stories, a play, and literary criticism.
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    Lenard Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Lenard Duane Moore (born February 13, 1958) in Jacksonville, North Carolina. ... In 2008, Moore became the first Southerner and the first African American to be elected as President of the Haiku Society of America. ...
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    FURIOUS FLOWER | Lenard Moore: Study Guide
    Lenard Moore, founder of the Carolina African American Writers' Collective, is one of the most lyrical poets to emerge in the late eighties and nineties.
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    About Lenard Moore: Lenard Moore is Assistant Professor of English at Mount Olive College. ... In this program, Lenard D. Moore reads from BAM poets and discusses the techniques they used to create poetry. ...
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    Lenard Moore - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Lenard Duane Moore (born February 13, 1958) is an American writer. He was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He has written more than 20 forms of poetry,
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    A Temple Looming by Lenard D. Moore is a series of portraits, painstakingly rendered, that capture the nuances of the African-Americans whose lives inspired
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    Lenard Moore | Quail Ridge Books & Music
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    Kelly Carruth on Lenard Moore
    This is how I came to learn of my fellow North Carolinian haiku lover Lenard D. Moore. Moore not only writes and edits haiku, but currently holds the
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    Poetry by Lenard Moore
    Poetry by Lenard D. Moore. A Hum in the Living Room. One morning Daddy, just home from Vietnam, came in the living room and sat in ... Lenard Duane Moore is a U.S. Army veteran born in 1958, son of a career Marine who served two tours in motor ...
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    Lenard D. Moore can do in about 17 syllables what other writers can ... Lenard D. Moore has taught at North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T ...
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    Leonard Moore - Enloe High School - [Enloe High School]
    Mr. Lenard Duane Moore takes his home life and experiences from abroad to create poetry that is simplistic in its style; creating vivid images as he
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