Diane Marquart Moore

Pithy observations about people, dogs, SUVs, and fancy cards written in brief verse form while the author safely sits in parking lots of grocery stores and pharmacies, and travels on highways of several states in the US.

iDoodle is a compendium of word doodles, verse designed to convey wisdom, as well as amusement. Here are poems that counteract the viruses sweeping the U. S. via invisible droplets and visible tweets. iDoodle will delight the truly enlightened and bring forth at least a chortle from those who might take themselves just a little too seriously.

An Ordinary Day is a collection of poems about what is near and ordinary that displays the poet's sympathy and fondness for simplicity. It includes poetry that illuminates the natural world where small things reflect radiance and beauty. "Everyday" photographs that complement many of the poems are rendered by botanist/naturalist Victoria I. Sullivan.

The duet of poet and plant photographer, Moore and Sullivan, has produced another book featuring their pursuits of plant life scattered throughout the southeastern United States and as far afield as the Mideast. Poet Diane Marquart Moore observes humanistic elements in the diversity of plant forms from mayapples to the everlasting rose; and Sullivan's trained eye records the color and structure of typical and atypical forms of leaf and flower. A special page derived from drawings delineated by the poet's mother, Dorothy Greenlaw Marquart, in 1926 lends interest to this volume. Poems about those living forms that provide beauty as the principal adornments in garden and field provide botanical bounty for plant collectors, explorers, and lovers of the consolation of gardens.

All Love, is a volume of poems about relatives and relationships, death and dying, illness and recovery. It includes a special section about a three-week sojourn in Mexico and Everyday Journal IV that records ordinary and extraordinary daily happenings, as well as observations about present-day social issues.

This volume, a poetic tribute to trees, includes poems conveying the idea that "trees can talk," a form of humanistic botany within the frame of verse. Let the Trees Answer is the third book in the series Between Plants and Humans, ranging from pines in Louisiana to jacarandas in Florida, and along the way, crabapple, Chinese Tallow, catalpa, and other trees scattered throughout the woods and yards of the United States. This is a must read for tree huggers.

In this eighteenth volume of Diane Marquart Moore's poetry, she explores the lives and departures of loved ones--the many family passings... writing: "their points of departure felt...the faces appearing often enough... leaving] enough of themselves with me." Among the faces are departed teachers and musicians, including jazz musician "Bird" Parker and Am d Ardoin, Cajun singer and accordionist. The poignant, sometimes sardonic poems portray ordinary as well as extraordinary people who have left their unforgettable imprint and helped form the poet's life.