Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

SINGULARITY

The Hawk Kitchen 9:11pm

Something Broke Tonight:

It Wasn’t My Heart

It Wasn’t My “Nerves”

It Was A Clay Parrot

One Of A Non-identical Pair

hand-carved from Africa

used as falling-down bookends

By My Mother

Ornaments By Me

well, One got tipped off the top

of My hand-made doll cabinet

— landed on Its Beak —

that was It — crushed

pulverized & shattered

I Needed That

GLORIFY THY SELF

Shelburne, NS 12:30pm

Take The Power

That Is Yours

From Your Hair

Your Dress

Your Silver Jewellery

–

Take The Power

From Your Mind

Your Dreams

Your Aspirations

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Look To The Sky

What Birds Do You See?

Are They Black Or White

& What Does That Mean?