Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

THE BIRD I KILLED

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:53pm

He was A Starling

innocent and frightened

by My Maniacal Driving

swooping into His Flock

He hit the front of My Car —

on My Way Back from picking up a pizza

yes, pizza!

He lay in the middle of the road

CALL FROM PEAK

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:06pm

I’m Married To This House

& The Doctor & The Books

That Come With It

Even If My Son Peak

Settles Out West

We Can’t Move —

Where Would My Crow Painting

Go?

STAR DUST

The Hawk Deck 12:47pm

I see a slice

of The Universe

on the dark screen of My Cell

hit by The Sun

illuminating dust —

or am I giving too much

away?

BIRD LORE

The Hawk Deck NOON

Do Birds Ever get Their Calls

Mixed Up

& Sing To The Wrong Mate?

OUR STAR

The Hawk Deck 10:25am

That Sun is dazzling again

out over the water

turning The Sea

into a shield of stars

tiny and profuse