Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

A CRACK IN THE SKY

The Hawk Kitchen 5:01pm

I looked up from cutting

My Potatoes

and took in My Breath

seeing The First Illuminaton

of an otherwise nondescript day

— The Sun had broken through

in The West

and to The East I saw

The Scraggly Apple

and bank of scrub spruce

momentarily

tinged with Gold

MY HOUSE 2

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:18am

I am comfortable

in My House —

It’s not a hotel

with lavish sheets & pillows —

It comes with A Husband

& Seven Cats

lying about with the rain

& Our Second Cups

of Coffee