A New Kerygma
By Don A. Hoyt
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A "kerygma" is an unwritten history-- a chronical of significant events passed down from one person to another or from generation to generation by verbal transmission. For instance, the stories collected in the Gospels about the life of Jesus circulated for thirty years before being recorded in manuscripts. The stories being circulated then were a "kerygma." The earliest recorded literature (e.g.: Beowulf, Homer, Genesis, King Arthur) existed in people's memories long before being written down for posterity. In fact, the literatures we have inherited and embraced throughout history are the masonry of our characters and our society today. We can only imagine how we would differ had our civilization's kerygma taken different forms, different "masonry" being assembled by different actors.
The events described and shared in a kerygma may or may not have empirically existed or occurred. Regardless, what we are now is made from it. Can we imagine being the product of a different kerygma?
Don A. Hoyt
Don A. Hoyt grew up in New Orleans in a single parent home, residing mostly in public housing projects. He dropped out of high school to serve 4 years in the US Navy and later went on to earn a B.A. in English (1973) and two Master's degrees: Education (1977) and Public Adminisrtration (2004).Hoyt's career in education (Wossman HS, Grambling State University, Louisiana Delta Community College, and Downsville Charter School Board) spanned 17 years. His career in Public Administration (local agency Assistant Director, city Planning and Development Director, County Administrator, and City Manager) spanned 24 years. While working at GSU, he managed a consulting business, Hired Hand Outsourcing, which served municipal clients across Louisiana to adopt Comprehensive Plans and development ordinances. Hoyt officially retired in 2013 from his position as the City Manager (Chief Administrative Officer) of the City of Anniston, Alabama, population 25,000; however, since 2016 he has taught one or two Composition classes at LDCC.Over the years Hoyt has published numerous poems, short stories, and literary essays across the country. The following 40 academic presses have published Hoyt's works of fiction, poetry, and/or literary commentary.Providence College, Providence, RINorthern Illinois University, Chicago, ILCalifornia State University Northridge, Northridge, ILUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ALRoger Williams College, Bristol, RIEastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KYAngelo State University, San Angelo, TXUniversity of Mississippi (Ole Miss), University, MSDeKalb College, Clarkston, GAUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IOUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FLUniversity of Houston, Houston, TXSalem State College, Salem, MALenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NCPiedmont College, Demorest, GANortheast Louisiana University, Monroe, LABerea College, Richmond, KYKansas State University, Manhattan, KSIdaho State University, Pocatello, IDNichols State University, Thibodaux, LALouisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LACalifornia State University at Long BeachWright State University, Dayton, OHUniversity of North Dakota, Grand Forks, NDCalifornia State University, San BernardinoUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PACollege of the Mainland, Texas City, TXStephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TXSan Jose State University, San Jose, CARoanoke College, Salem, VASierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NVPikeville College, Pikeville, KYCleveland State University, Cleveland, OHUniversity of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WIUniversity of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WISchoolcraft College, Livonia, MIGrambling State University, Grambling, LAKent University, Canterbury, Kent, UKFranklin College, Lugano, Switzerland
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A New Kerygma - Don A. Hoyt
A NEW KERYGMA
15 poems by Don A. Hoyt
© 1993 Don A. Hoyt*
* A limited edition of this chapbook was published by Bootleg Press / ginMill productions of Uniondale, NY in 1993.
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Acknowledgements
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following periodicals in which the poems indicated have previously appeared.
The Coming Storm Gives a Name
in Protea #6 (Winter 1991); Carol Gunther, Ed.; PO Box 876; Sutter Creek, CA 95685.
That Given Up and Not Given Up
in Coventry Reader, (III:3, Fall 1990); Geoffrey Singer, Ed.; PO Box 18418, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.
Poem (to sleep)
in Stone Country (LXXV:3), Judith Neeld, Ed.; PO Box 132, Menemsha, MA 02552.
Circus as Philosophy
in Lake Superior Review (VI:3, Winter '75-'76); Faye Korpi & Cynthia Willoughby, Eds.; Box 724, Ironwood,