March 29th, 2026
The Hawk Corner Room
6:50 am
Eye drink in The Milk
The Cream of Human Kindness
where Eye live —
I can dance In Public
dressed 2 The 9’s
& have The Town Clerk
wrap Her Arms around Me
& give Me
an unexpected Kiss
March 27th, 2026
The Hawk Queen Bed
almost 3:00 am
There sat a heavy cut glass bowl
trimmed in Silver
on a glass shelf
@ The Salvation Army
butt I didn’t buy It —
Its weight would be suitable
for a deep chiffon
I’ve never made.
Think I will drive back
2 Yarmouth
2 see if It’s still there.
March 26th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
8:20 am
Dreamt My Stepsister Darcy
had grown thick chestnut hair
reaching below Her Butt
& She was turning into pinkish gold
after drinking a supply of water
from an antiquated river bed.
Then
friends of mine
had a run-in w Big Foot
— captured Him as I declared
“We have The Living Proof!”
Butt He turned out 2 B
an attractive dark-haired man
w chiseled features & actor’s make up —
I looked @ Him closely as I declared
“You’re The Original Man —
You R Adam!”
March 24th, 2026
The Hawk Slipper Chair
9:43 am
Eye will ride through This
33rd Anniversary of M(eye) Mother’s Death
UNSCATHED —
She died on March 27th, 1993
& I was showered w The Light of God
on The 31st —
M(eye) Beautiful Daughter
Eliza Haeghaert Hyde
is the product of That Magnificent Event
& Eye hope 2 B w Her
in Her Living World
in order 2 review
Our Connection
March 23rd, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:47 am
Eye might have A New Set
of Gulls —
Gully — if It’s still Gully —
is acting shyer now —
He’s w A New Gull w redder feet
probably female —
They eat dry cat food
nervously
as I stand @ the kitchen door
watching Their pure white
& beautiful grey, tipped
in black —
M(eye) New Pair??
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.
Joanna Gilman Hyde 