Abilene poet shares from upcoming book on his lived experience as a Black man in America

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – On Tuesday evening, Abilene Christian University professor and prolific poet Dr. Steven Moore presented readings from his upcoming poetry book The

Horizon Never Forgets to an audience at The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest.

The book entails memories and stories of his experience as a Black man living in America, sharing his personal thoughts and feelings to open a shared conversation toward racial reconciliation.

“The only way that we’re going to grow as a culture, nation, and world is if we come together. Just like what we were doing tonight, and sit down at the table and share life with each other.” Dr. Moore said.

Dr. Moore has previously been published in collective works alongside other authors and has published a few of his children’s stories. The Horizon Never Forgets is his first published collection containing only his writings.

“Literature invites people to sit down and understand humanity even more. The triumphs, the joys, but also the heartaches, and the pain.” Said Moore.

From recollections of his mother’s voice and grade-school memories of prejudice to the frustration of navigating, at times, a divided nation as a Black man, this latest publication contains his insightful musings and observations, artfully captured in poetic form.

“The only way that we’re going to grow as a culture, nation, and world, it is if we come together.  Just like what we were doing tonight, sitting down at the table and sharing life with each other.” Moore shared.

His book The Horizon Never Forgets and personalized signatures were available for purchase to attendees of the Wednesday night reading. It will be officially debuted for public purchase next month on Sunday, March 23, at the Seven and One book store in Abilene, beginning at 4 p.m.