Beech River Books

Robert Moore has been writing songs and poetry since the early 1990s. He released a collection of songs in 1991 entitled On a Mission (Little Rabbit Music). He self-published a collection of poems in 1997 entitled A Bridge with a View. In 2009, he released a second collection of poems entitled Unexpected Colors, published by Beech River Books. In 2013, he released a guitar instrumental collection of songs also entitled A Bridge with a View. Moore has had poems published in The Compass Rose, The Poet’s Touchstone, The Lyric, Prey Tell–An Anthology of Poems about Birds of Prey, The 2008 Poet’s Guide to New Hampshire, The Avocet, and other journals.

Moore attends coffeehouses and open-mikes in the New Hampshire Seacoast and performs at regional coffeehouses throughout the state. He is host of the First Friday Coffeehouse held each first Friday of the month at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter (FUUSE). Recently, he’s been playing Baroque and Spanish music arranged for alto recorder and classical guitar with musician friend Penny Vernet. He also performs with musician friend, Lisa Reynolds, who is a vocalist and plays flute. By day, Moore teaches science at Pelham High School in Pelham, New Hampshire. He lives with his lovely wife, Patricia, and their three Papillons: Roi, Romeo, and Ringo.

Body and Soul (Beech River Books, 2018) is a collection of poems and songs with a strong connection to nature and its rhythms.

Unexpected Colors (Beech River Books, 2009) is a collection of poems. From the black on white text and illustrations in this beautiful little volume emerge flavors of music, familiar scents from nature, and artistic subtleties to provide unexpected colors that transport the reader to that sensitive space of Robert Moore's experience.