Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

SILVER SUNSET

The Hawk West Desk Window 8:25pm

The Sun Is Silver

Beaming Out From A Ridge Of Cloud

Lining The Sky With One

Elongated Ray

Before It Sets

Into The Spray Of Islands

Beneath

LIGHT HOUSE KEEPING

The Hawk Deck 3:11pm

Mrs Blair stepped out

the door to Her Portico

dressed in Her Warm Silver Negligee

at three o’clock in the afternoon

to complete Her Task

of Light House Keeping

by patting out Her Purple Dust Glove

just as A White Pick-up Truck

drove into view

SALT AIR

The Hawk Deck 12:42pm

The Gull’s Raucous Cry

is every sound of Salt Air

rising above Its neighbours’

murmurings

It crowns the calls

of all other birds

& rings in the start

of Summer