I have been given a time, date stamp.
No prophecy just the facts
of circumstances abiding to their
conclusion. An indifference to what I
feel and think and may want.
Wanting is tricky. And I’d like to strike
the word from my lexicon,
have it absorbed by the word “being”
which sounds better but is just as
problematic. As is any word that tries
to define what is not definable but
is utterly undeniable. Krishnamurti
wrote—“I accept things as they are.”
Thought about the nature of definitions,
of experience and knew I was not
able to reply when I heard, “Repeat after me.”

From my new book, Setting Moon Morning Twilight, Volume 1, just released on Amazon.

“Written one-a-day from July 1 to September 30, 2023, these poems (part of a longer multi-volume work, which will span an entire year) represent an intriguing experiment. To readers familiar with Byron Hoot’s poetry, this collection will be further evidence that he is one of the more original voices we have. For readers
discovering him for the first time, it will become clear that the voice running through Setting Moon Morning Twilight is as individualistic as that of Rilke and Frost, Wendell Berry, and Mary Oliver.”

— from the Foreward written by David Daniel, author of over a dozen novels, short story collections, numerous reviews and essays.