Gil Hoy

Greetings and Goodbyes

Sometimes,
    you have to say

Farewell to another

To say hello
    to yourself.

But I still
    want to sing to you

And tell you a secret.

 

Gil Hoy is a Best of the Net nominated Tucson, Arizona poet who studied poetry at Boston University through its Evergreen program. He previously received a BA in Philosophy from BU, an MA in Government from Georgetown University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. Hoy wrestled on BU’s wrestling team and finished in second place in the New England University Wrestling Championships his senior year. He served as a Brookline, MA Selectman for four terms. Hoy’s poetry has appeared in Tipton Poetry Journal, Chiron Review, Ariel Chart, Right Hand Pointing, Indian Periodical, Rusty Truck, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The New Verse News, The Penmen Review, Misfit Magazine and elsewhere.