Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore on Sunday - Hardcover

Moore, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816634327 ISBN 13: 9780816634323

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1999

Synopsis

In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV -- a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news with integrity, conviction, humor, and flair, making him a fixture in Minnesota living rooms.

At the end of his weekly news-in-review program, Moore on Sunday (or, as he liked to call it, "Moron Sunday"), Moore often signed off by reciting a poem. These poems, composed by Moore's son Peter and collected here for the first time, offers a fresh and funny take on the common and not-so-common stuff of our everyday lives. Reminiscent of Ogden Nash and Tom Lehrer, with a dash of Dr. Seuss, Peter Moore's verse captures the essence of his father's wit, common sense, honesty, and warmth.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Moore has been an actor and director in theater and film for more than twenty years. He lives in St. Paul, Mn.

For more than three decades, Dave Moore was the anchorman for the CBS-TV affiliate in Minnneapolis and remained hugely popular until his death in 1998. These poems were written for his week-in-review news program called MOORE ON SUNDAY and are read here by Dave himself.

Review

The Buzz Around The Mall
Considering New Year's Resolutions - Again
Dayton's Flower Show
A Dissenting Voice
Earth Mom
Election Day
A Great Winter Sport
The Hay Fever Rag
Heartbreak
Hopes For The New Year
January In Minnesota
Kirby's Puckett's Retirement
The Last Word
Late Summer Blues
March Once More
A Midwestern Thanksgiving
More Wisdom
Move It
My Beautiful New Niece
My Wife's Birthday
A New Year's Judgment
'nwa Seeks Casino In The Sky' - Star Tribune Headline
Oh, The Natural World
On Announcing For The First Time In Your Life That You Won't Be At
On Ethnic Cuisine
On Mother's Day And The Fishing Opener Falling On The Same Day
On Noticing That No One Ever Gets The Lyrics Right To 'good King
On Seeing The World's Largest Book, According To Guinness
On The Publication Of A Report That Says Most People Don't Wash Their
Once More Into The New Year's Breach
Opening Day Jive
'pelicans And Power Lines Don't Mix, Granite Falls Officials Find'
Post-thanksgiving Musings
Some Thoughts On The End Of Fishing Season
Spring, Sort Of
Sweeps Month
Thoughts On The Opening Of The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
'tis The Season
To All The Brand New Husbands
Watching Schoolchildren See A Live Turkey For The First Time
The Week After Labor Day
Wisconsin Names The Polka As State Dance And Twenty-second State
Wisdom
Written During The Time Of Year Formerly Known As Spring Training
A Yuletide Prayer
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816634327
• ISBN 13: 9780816634323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96