June 28th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
4:15 am
Last night Eye met a Texan
Debutante
(at least She looked like One)
Who wore pearls
& likes camping —
She was w Her Daughter
Who ate only a salad
that I could see
while She asked Me
about my burger
measly
& a supposed giant mozza stick
which Eye had pictured
looking phallic
butt which arrived
as a flat brown square
not hot enough
& when I got up to pay
I had something stuck
between My 2 Front Teeth
so My Good-bye Smile
was stilted
June 27th, 2026
Meteghan, French Shore
2:00 pm
She wore a Dress
the colour of Her Legs
Shapely Chiffon
w beige high heels —
The Dress wasn’t beige —
tinted pink — old-fashioned
Her Hair was dark
pulled back incidentally —
Eye watched Her Stride
repeatedly
from Her Reception Desk
2 The Mechanic’s Door
while I waited for My Car
in a school girl’s dress
She complimented
incidentally
as I paid my bill
exactly
June 23rd, 2026
The Hawk West Window
6:04 am
Yesterday I wore an Outfit
contrived from black leggings
& a gold-threaded top —
selected dangling earrings
& thickened golden chain
around M(eye) Neck —
Nobody saw It —
I think I’ll wear It again
today for M(eye) Drive 2 Digby
2 take The Ferry 2 St John NB
2 pick up The Family Painting
of The Drumalis*
now owned by M(eye) Son
delivered by His Girlfriend
2 put in an artshow
hosted by a woman here
in Clark’s Harbour
Whom I admire
for Her Taste
& Productivity
*ship painted by Manton Nickerson at the turn of the century wrecked on Cape Sable Island, depositing my children’s great grandfather Maurice Haeghaert at the age of 16. He married Fanny Lowe & had two children –Maurice Roy Haeghaert & Marion
June 21st, 2026
The Hawk Deck
7:18 am
The Serenity of The Morning
broken only by My Close Encounter
w a neighbourhood Jay
landing on Gully’s Rail
2 bleat His double-tinted squawk
bobbing twice 2 His own rhythm
heralds My Quiet
amidst the daisies
& sunlit palm fronds
of low-lying fern
1st She Was
The Positive Pregnancy Test
drying on top
of The Dishwasher
in The Atlantic House
(1st Marital Home)
Then She Was
The Phone Call
2 Planned Parenthood
made by Step-sister Darcy
Then She Was
Peter’s Ultimatum:
“If You Have This Baby
I Will Leave You –“
Taken 2 Heart
Taken From Me
taken
from
me —
June 11, 2026
The Hawk Slipper Chair
9:00 pm
The Last Remains
eaten w Gusto
after being proffered
May 22nd
by 1 Funeral Home Employee
“Please take The Whole Tray —
It’s not spoken for” —
2 tonight’s 3 half Sandwiches
picked over & out
by My Oldest Friend
now widowed
June 4th, 2026
St.John NB Ferry
8:15 am
I am The Single Driver
in Lane 2 @ The Terminal
saying Goodbye 2
My Lovely Daughter Eliza
& Peak’s Girlfriend Chantal —
Aboard The Ferry —
I am The Lone Traveler
going back 2 one cat
one house I’m happy 2 own
w friends 2 greet me
as if I’ve been away
for a million years.
May 29th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:00 am
If I had had
M(eye) dark-haired
curly-headed Child
nursed in the eggnog bathrobe
Peter bought for $90
the year Peak was born —
would M(eye) Life still
have contained
The Gully I Love
Now??
May 27th, 2026
The Hawk Deck
8:50 am
The Floppy Brim of My Sun Hat
affords an array of Globuals of Light
a Myriad of Coloured Orbs
surrounding The Head
of M(eye) Field of Vision
which includes, of course
The Glittering of The Sea’s
Horizon Line
May 24th, 2026
The Hawk Deck
9:11 am
Hello Mom —
So Much has happened since
Your Death on March 27th, 1993
Do You Remember?
Just thinking of you now
while Eye sit
in My Place of Serenity
listening 2 the cheerfulness
of an array of Birds
(including one Mourning Dove) —
The Ocean is Silent
& I’m down 2 one Cat
Molly, (named after
your boat)
lolling in The Sun.
Joanna Gilman Hyde 