Amanda Moore | Women's Voices For Change

Amanda Moore is a contributing editor to Poetry Sunday. Her poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies including Zyzzyva, Cream City Review, Tahoma Literary Review, and Best New Poets, and she is the recipient of writing awards from The Writing Salon, Brush Creek Arts Foundation, and the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She received her MFA from Cornell University, where she served as Managing Editor for EPOCH magazine and was a lecturer in the John S. Knight Writing Institute. Currently a 2019 Fellow at The Writers Grotto, Amanda is a high school teacher and Marin Poetry Center Board member. She lives by the beach in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco with her husband and daughter. Author photo credit: K.C. Ipjian.

Poetry

Poetry Sunday: “All Hallows Night,”
by Lizette Woodworth Reese

By Amanda Moore

I love Lizette Woodworth Reese’s “All Hallows Night” because it bridges religions and cultures as a remembrance of people—family members, community heroes, saints, and martyrs—who have died.

Poetry

Poetry Sunday: “Blackbody curve,” by Samiya Bashir

By Amanda Moore

As enriching as it is to consider “Blackbody curve” in terms of its scientific allusions or placement in Samiya Bashir’s collection, it’s important to note that the poem stands on its own as an enjoyable and rewarding literary experience.

Poetry

Poetry Sunday:
Three poems from ‘Blood Dazzler’ by Patricia Smith

By Amanda Moore

The poems in 'Blood Dazzler' present voices never heard on the news during the coverage of Hurricane Katrina, voices not usually part of such reports but which reflect the human side of tragedy.

Poetry Sunday: “All Hallows Night,” by Lizette Woodworth Reese

Poetry Sunday: “Blackbody curve,” by Samiya Bashir

Poetry Sunday: Three poems from ‘Blood Dazzler’ by Patricia Smith

Poetry Sunday: “All Hallows Night,”
by Lizette Woodworth Reese

Poetry Sunday:
Three poems from ‘Blood Dazzler’ by Patricia Smith