Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Month: June, 2014

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

MY WORD

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:11pm

Hanging above My Front Door

is a sign

a command which reads:

“VIVRE”

a word I take to heart

for I have nearly died

TRIANGLE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 3:30pm

torn between standing poised

sitting cross-legged on the floor

or reclining

I hover in a triangle

of sun

BIRD SONG

The Hawk Deck 12:22pm

What makes a songbird sing?

What life force bursts forth

through every tune?

Is it a call to a mate

or simply the sound

of a beautiful morning?

Mr. Heavyhead

THE LITTLEST ALIEN

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22pm

When I met Him I wore a doeskin dress

with beads around My Neck

I held My Bow and Arrows

out for Him to see

He touched the points

with His Little Fingers

and smiled strangely

while from His Pocket

of Spandex product

He produced a flat-screen

TV device and took a picture

of Me

WHAT ARE WE?

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:45pm

If Human Beings

Are Stars, What Are Animals —

Star Dust Nebulae?