06 | October | 2013 | Joanna Gilman Hyde

A BIRTHDAY

The Hawk Portico 6:00pm

I have shed The Cloak

of Both My Parents

and That Which I shared with My Brother

Who would have been 51 today*

–

I am The Sole Survivor

of That Family

The Family I was born headlong into —

My “Old” Family —

as I have wrapped My Self anew

within Hunter, My Grown Children

and 7 Cats

*My brother Howard Talbot Walden Hyde was killed November 22, 2007, while in custody. His death prompted the three-year Hyde Inquiry which found his death to be accidental due to restraint by jail guards — namely one Henwood.

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October 6, 2013

BLUE WORLD

The Hawk Portico 2:00pm

I have the luxury of gazing

out over the azure blue

of The Atlantic Ocean

of listening to The Gulls and Crows

for Whom I must be some small part

of Their World

as They are such a large part

of Mine

October 6, 2013

MY BLIND POEM

The Hawk Deck 9:57am

Were I to lose My Eyesight

could I still see The Patches Of Colour

The Sparkly Lights

I’m free to see now

whenever I close My Eyes

or would I be immersed in Pitch Blackness

& what does Pitch Black really look like?