Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Month: September, 2013

WHAT WILL STOP YOU?

The Hawk West Desk Window 12:15pm

What Will Stop You

Dead In Your Tracks:

An Ambulance Siren

The Sight Of An Injured Child

Or The Time On Your Watch

Coinciding With A Calendar Date?

CLEAN SWEEP

The Hawk West Desk Window 11:03am

I’ll never tire

of picking up Galaxies

of dust & cat hair

inside My House

My Right Hand is The Perfect Tool

& The Waste Basket

The Perfect Receptacle

MY ADVERSARIAL GOD

The Hawk West Desk Window 9:11am

My God is not The God

of honey & sunshine

butterflies & beetles —

My God is The God

of 9/11

Hard-hitting & Hard-core

The God of The Dark

through Which railing against

We find Our Heart-felt

Heart-beating Meaning

of Life

MY GOD

The Hawk West Desk Window September 9, 2013 10:39pm

God Is A Device

Created In My Own Mind

CASSEROLE

The Hawk Kitchen 4:53pm

From My Kitchen Window

I Can See Clearly

The Blue Horizon

Straight & Firm

Like A Swath Of Fortification

Substantiating My Existence

While Hunter Feeds The Cats

THE TIME OF LINKAGE

The Hawk Family Room 9:11am

I am seeing ahead of My Self

to The Time Of Linkage

between The Black Crow

hanging in My Living Room

to “Good Morning, World!”

floating on My TV Screen

veiled over by The Shroud

of My World Trade Center Roof Top Painting

titled Self Organizing Galaxy

NOW SWALLOW

The Hawk West Desk Window 9:26pm

Something weird just happened to Me

when I was handing My Husband

2 Tylenol for His Sore Back

— and then handing Him

The Glass Of Water

to drink Them down —

I had a flash

of reliving the constant nights

of being fed medication

in The Yarmouth Psychiatric Unit

where The Nurse handed Me first

a little plastic cup of pills

which I threw into My Mouth —

I stood holding The Empty Cup

The Nurse filled It with an inch of water

from an ice cold stainless steel pitcher

for Me to swallow down

POSITION

I Am The Silver Christ

Grey if You like
in This Time of Black & White
I represent The Reconciliation
of Opposites

I can Speak
if You Dare To Listen
I can Point
if You Dare To Open
Your Eyes
though I will not blind You
with My Brilliance –
I will fortify You
with Your Own

What Could We Accomplish
Out There
in Our Brave Wide World –
would You allow Me
to become a Child again –
with The Child’s brazen curiosity?

Could You, Would You
dress Me in Silver –
Dazzling Grey –
or shall I stay
in My Thick Grey Robe?

I’m sitting on My neutral sofa
with The Atlantic Ocean & Open Sky
both Grey Today
along My Right
& You, All of You –
to My Left

Joanna Hyde
New Year’s Day 2012   The Hawk

MORNING RITUAL

The Hawk Kitchen 8:35am

I haven’t yet drunk

from The Cup Of Life

I haven’t yet stared

at The Grey Sea

before Me

but by The Time You read this

I will have done so

NOTICE OF REVISION

The Hawk Library 3:42pm

Dear Readers:

The Video “Good Morning, World!” has been revised — the Revision and the Original may both be viewed on the posting for September 3, 2013, WITH TEXT or HERE WITHOUT TEXT:

Revision:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5G-DlvZ9Y&list=HL1378579945

Original:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpspJ7WcVoo&feature=youtu.be

I would appreciate any and all comments.

Thank you,

Joanna