Joanna Gilman Hyde

March 22nd, 2026

The Hawk Corner Room

7:11 am

The things I have given up

within my 65 years:

1 boyfriend when I was 18

2 husbands

several houses —

along w The Atlantic House

(my 1st Marital Property)

my Mother’s House on McNutt’s Island

Her Shakespeare House in Town

The Jordan Bay Property

fell into ruin

(perhaps not because of me

entirely) —

Eye just took a photo

of where Eye live now:

looking East

over The Atlantic Ocean

w neighbouring roof lines

silhouetted along the tops of scrub spruce

against M(eye) Dawning Sky —

I think I’ll print It off.

March 22nd, 2026

The Hawk Queen Bed

6:05 am

Dreamt of a glass-blown Lady Slipper

in a cottage garden

@ The Atlantic House —

pink & gold.

She was so precious

w little toy emblems

of Children

beneath.

Inside The House

I had sand on My Feet

trying 2 dust Them off

& off

sand was under a sofa —

I tried

& tried

2 sweep it up

w a cloth —

“Why am I doing this

in a house that doesnt belong to me

anymore?”

March 20th, 2026

The Hawk Queen Bed

5:00 am

Eye qualified 2 B

a letter carrier for The US Postal Service

& My Daughter Eliza

wanted me 2 go 2 NY

2 get a job —

She looked @ me

w dark eyes —

She had dark hair —

& 1 eye was made up

& 1 wasn’t

March 7th, 2026

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

11:30 am

Eye was That Girl Next Door

Who went one step too far —

embarrassing, shameless, naive

desperate as I always have been

& now that I’m almost 65

not much has changed.

I’ve left a trail of letters

one book

a bunch of poems

outlining a life

grappling for effect

fatherless from an early age —

can it all be blamed

on THAT??

March 4th, 2026

The Hawk Corner Room

8:25 am

Eye had my first

Bling Ring

in the 4th grade:

a little block of crystal

iridescent pink, blue & gold —

the ring itself was probably “adjustable”

& I remember feeling proud 2 wear it

butt had no association w where it came from —

that little block of light

Eye somehow have still —

sitting on my Kitchen Outpost window sill

under 3 other light-catching ornaments:

the 3D X-miss Star, the wine decanter stop

& the multicoloured dangling hot air balloon

associated w The Man O’ M(eye) Dreams.

February 26th, 2026

The Hawk Corner Room

6:45 am

The Big Brave Lion Cat

W The Great Sad Eyes

lies in His Beddy

convalescing for X # 3

lanced again for His Abscess

His Life On The Line.

He had one crunch of dry food

& I petted His Head.

Yesterday @ The Vet

I imagined Him Dead:

No More Jerome —

I pictured My Home

minus One Cat —

The Docile Pet

Who found His Way Here

in December 2010.

Butt Jerome still lives

so my tears are assuaged —

He is in His Decline

Butt He’s still My Feline.

February 23rd, 2026

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

11:19 am

Over 20 years ago

I bought The Suit of Red

Le Chateau, made in Canada

5 Red & Silver Buttons

lapels for pins —

I wore It every Monday Morning

for My Brother’s Inquiry.

It’s a Size  7/8

too small now

butt It was My Favourite —

donated 2 The Salvation Army

then bought back the next day —

& now My Daughter

has a buyer for It on Poshmark

butt I cannot

bear 2 box It up.

February 23rd, 2026

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

8:37 am

The Sky is White

or is It Grey?

Eastern Storm is here —

I’ll be in Today.

Gully will not appear —

He would blow away —

I’ll sit in M(eye) Wrought Iron Chair

& watch The Blinding Haze.

The Hawk Dining Room

February 14th, 2026

6:40 am

The Captivating Sky Line

from M(eye) Dining Room Window

leaks into Me

w Its subtle orange glow

calm ultra marine

horizontal streaks of dark grey cloud

M(eye) Neighbour’s tree branches

& The Crescent Moon

upper right —

The Lobster Boat Lights

lower left

February 14th, 2026

The Hawk Green Chair

4:30 am

Eye have a ceiling of Light

formed when Eye was 32

held in fortification

by M(eye) Hawk Family Room

illuminated by The Streaking Grace

of M(eye) Lit-up Ice Block

Chandelier