Joanna Gilman Hyde

“I Heard A Bird Fly,”

declared an astonished visitor

to My Mother’s Island House

when I was eleven years old.

–

July 23rd 2012

I Live In The Land of Spirituality–

if I lie in My Bed

on the verge of depression

I am in Error

for I am eternally, rightfully happy

on My Deck or Portico

with Hunter and Eliza and The Cats

and The Birds.