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
February 7th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:37 am
Gully, My Pet
arrives every Morning
@ 7:00 am
landing on His Rail —
Eye tell Him not 2 fly away
as I retrieve His Little White Bowl
2 fill w either cat food pellets
or expired Beef Stew
from when my former spouse
thought The World was ending —
Gully’s colouration often
matches The Sky here —
the subtle grey & white
flecked @ The Neck
w darker grey —
He pecks fast
@ His Dole
while Eye gaze
in Luxury
@ The Sight
of Our Fulfillment
January 27th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:30 am
The Radio is off —
not by deliberation
butt The Habit of It
was declined This Morning
as Eye choose now 2 sit
in the silence of my purring fridge
w a cat, Molly
on the ottoman here
& Jerome, The Convalescent
on my Tomato-coloured Couch
& Moulan in Palliative Care
secured in the downstairs bathroom
unaware of Her Final Stage —
my left leg is uncomfortable
after a 3-week old diagnosis
of osteoarthritis in my hips —
I do not believe in getting old
& prefer instead
2 gaze through the unfrosted
Sliding Glass Door
here in M(eye) Hawk Kitchen Outpost
2 The Scraggly Apple tips
encased in fuzzy ice
looking like reindeer antlers
January 22nd, 2026
The Hawk Slipper Chair
5:26 am
Eye have dreamt of A Baby —
A Musical Baby
He mimicked My Googely Voice
My Cooing Voice
My Silly Voice.
I found Him in a blue terry sleeper
lying smiling on a floor
I carefully, so carefully picked Him up
I put Him 2 My Left Shoulder
& We played A Game of Music
He responded 2 any sound I made
& I delighted in Him
My Baby.
I fed Him
from My Left Breast
& He played w My Hair
w His Left Hand
silhouetted against
gleaming streaks of gold
waving in a magical Light
as We moved.
January 1st, 2026
The Tomato-coloured Couch
10:05 am
Gold stands & stoops
picking up the dropped Coat Check Ticket
w stiff hips —
hanging New Year’s guests’ outer wear
w long & heavy Gold Necklace
worn by Her Mother every Xmiss Eve
accompanied by a nearly 24 karat
Gold Starfish @ Her High-collared Throat
w 3- buttoned back —
(buttons in Gold)
Hair bunned up w Gold Barrette
dangling Gold Rings from earlobes
in a black dress flecked w sparks
of antiquated Gold —
Let’s move into SILVER
as Eye have been preaching
since The Light of God
befell Me
In Its Mutitudinous Streaks
on March 31st, 1993
Joanna Gilman Hyde 