Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

THE ROOSTER

The Hawk Deck 8:40am

In the early to mid morning

the domestic call of The Rooster

cackles through The Scrub Spruce

from one road over

& delights My Humour mixed

with the wild clucking

of Our Local Bird Life

I so dearly love

ALL IS BRIGHT

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 6:20am

I Love The Sun

filling My Kitchen

accompanying the coffee pot

bringing the bird song in

through the screened

outpost window

& filling My Life

POP UP

The Hawk Corner Room 5:45am

I watched The Sun Rise

first a golden glimmer —

then it popped up

rising faster

than it seemed to go down last night

I am off the anti-psychotic medication

I took to sleep for twenty-odd years

& am waking earlier

but feeling

great