Anita Lorraine Moore

  • A Conversation with Joe

    Dear readers, whomever you may be, I have had a sporadic correspondence from a chance meeting with a man named Joe in a breakfast joint in Asheville, near the Biltmore Estate.  I would like to share our letter/email writing with you and in honor of this man, I will keep his identity secret (the anonymous…

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  • First Page 

    Saturday 1:39 PM October 24, 2015 Once I had a dream where the world was filled with inspiring words and teachers. We were all cradling our precious lives and our beautiful planet. We respected ourselves enough to respect all others. Entangled fates all strung together in time and in deeds. My fantasy lived on… into…

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  • Happiness

    I’m thinking about it, wondering about it, getting to it. Seeing as how all things come in waves and in circles and in squares sometimes, maybe happiness is one of all things. What makes me happy? Trust, Fun, Play, Quality Time, Justice, Creativity, Support (both verbal and active), Consideration, Adventure, Comfort, Meaningful and Intimate Conversation,…

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  • I am unfurling from a seed, with tiny leaves of green New veins of life reaching towards the sun I see roses and black-eyed Susans sitting in the window Beyond the pane, clouds and humidity linger I am uncurling from a past position, building a heartbeat Regeneration of appreciation in this situation, getting out of…

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  • A Penny A tiny penny is a wish I am a tiny penny a dream piece of the stars a flicker of time a fleck of dust a sparkle in a young child’s eyes a bruise you felt on your knees a handprint in the sand a mark on your car a grain of salt…

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  • Hazard, Kentucky

    Hazard, Kentucky’s up on blocks Coal’s everywhere, coal’s staining their socks The swollen river North Fork rolling through the cracks Headed on to Whitesburg, crossing RR tracks The Sun’s gone down and I’m filled with doubt that most’a those people there’ll ever get out No news here in this part of the world about the…

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