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.
May 24th, 2026
The Hawk Deck
8:55 am
There is no horizon line
This Morning —
the hazy sky blends
completely w The Sea
& The Fishing Boats
look as if They are floating
on a lower portion
of my wash of cloud
May 15th, 2026
Halifax, NS
7:30 am
What does a lake offer
that an ocean does not?
Two early Morning Swimmers
A Figure in Black
smoking & drinking coffee —
serene bird song
& a wet deck chair
for me to towel off
May 14th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
8:15 pm
The Silver Light of M(eye) Horizon
restores My Faith repeatedly
as It warms My Intuition
My Intellect
My Earnest Desire for The Day
inwhich I am positioned
May 8th, 2026
The Hawk Queen Bed
4:54 am
Eye Am The Universe
every one of My Trillion Cells
Loaded
w compassionate stardust
w the liquid of human kindness
not for others
butt for My Inner Workings
which find a home
amongst Our Eternal Creation
April 27th, 2026
The Hawk Corner Room
8:39 am
This New Morning
Eye raised my shade
2 the glorious blue
of The Western Waterway
beyond my Western Bedroom Window
& thought 2 write
of why Eye live here
remote butt not remote
on a narrow spit of sand
called The Hawk
on Cape Sable Island —
the most southerly tip
of Atlantic Canada
where my Gully now knocks
at the sliding glass door
for His rare piece
of bacon
April 20th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:11 am
Eye said 2 My Gull —
or was He? —
“Gully, Is That You?”
This Morning
a lone gull
acting familiar
came 2 His Rail
hoping for Breakfast
& didn’t fly off
when Eye spoke
through The Sliding Glass Door —
My Door Open 2 The Hawk Life
I love so much
April 14th, 2026
The Hawk Deck
8:40 am
This Lovely Morning —
The First w Open Door
& me on The Deck —
Gully, Who seemed 2 be Gully —
came 2 His Rail
for a Piece of Bacon —
flew off butt
came again —
made 1 attempt
2 take It from my dangling fingers —
on the 2nd attempt
He got The Piece
butt my middle finger
on my left hand
got caught as well
so now I am Band-aided
2 show The Sign
of M(eye) Love
April 11, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:40 am
M(eye) Pair
came back this morning
this time 2 consume
Gully’s Little White Bowl
of scraps of ham & sausage
leftover from Hungry Man Breakfasts
w a friend 3 days ago.
I witnessed
M(eye) New Gully
delivering pieces by beak
2 His Princess, His Mate
(unless She is His grown offspring
from last year —
butt I doubt it)
& when The Show was over
off They flew.
April 11th, 2026
The Hawk Queen Bed
4:11 am
Even the Peepers
need 2 sleep —
out 1st now for Spring
I listened
w bedroom window cracked
2 lull me 2 sleep —
& determined They had
gone 2 sleep 2
in the middle of the night
butt awake @ 4
2 M(eye) Delight
I listened
2 Their peeping
peep
peep
Joanna Gilman Hyde 