Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

October 25, 2024

Morning

After Waking Up

2 watch Taylor Swift reels

on M(eye) Phone —

along w/ Drew Barrymore

Meghan Markle

& Others, none by choice —

Eye came downstairs

2 let The Cats in.

As Eye opened M(eye) Sliding Glass Door

a Great Blue Heron lofted past

2 settle on The Top

of M(eye) Scrub Spruce Horizon

2 stay there

while Eye composed

right on M(eye) Phone.

He sits there still

while M(eye) Tea steeps

as Eye wait

2 watch Him fly again.

Then as Eye looked up

from This Writing

He had disappeared.

Campeche, Mexico

0ctober 16, 2024

8:12 am

Eye am sitting in Eliza’s Tiled Kitchen

hearing a chainsaw going nearby

in This Havoc-seated Town, City

Eye have never been 2 before.

Eliza is still sleeping

on Her Fold-down Couch

while Eye have vacated

The Air-conditioned Bedroom.

She had A Dinner last night, late

in honour of Her 30th Birthday

w/  Her Host/House Mother’s Family

from when Eliza was a foriegn exchange student

half a lifetime ago.

Yesterday too We visited The Mayan Ruins

of Edzna —

a fast 45 minutes South of Campeche —

2 discover The Ancient Stone Towers of Stairs

In The Rain We Arrived

In The Blaring Sun We Climbed

& took pictures of awe- inspiring stone-work

complete w/ Vultures Drying Their Wings

& Iguanas Basking On Timeless Rocks

In The Stillness of That Spiritual Ground —

Eye do not have to visit The Pyramids now.

Toronto Airport

October 13, 2024

David Loves 2 Fl(eye)

& So Do Eye, All Over

We Fl(eye) S(eye)de B(eye) S(eye)de

The Hawk West Window

October 11, 2024

The Sea is Dark Today —

a slate-grey swath

of Eternity —

straight across M(eye) Horizon

w/ The Hidden Sun

above

Lighting Up M(eye) Swampy Bushes

in a way This Morning

Eye had never seen before:

just The Tops were Lit —

Magnifying Their Potential Greatness

as shrubs in The Muskrat Pond

painted once for Hunter

The Hawk West Window

October 10, 2024

10:55 am

40 Years Ago Today

Eye Stood On The Most Visible Rooftop

In The World

2 Sign M(eye) Painting

Self Organizing Galaxy

In Black —

Eye Stood In Black, Alone

As Eye Am Now

40 Years Later

October 5, 2024

Eye Live On The Furthest Point South

of Atlantic Canada:

The Hawk, Cape Sable Island

& If Eye Moved

Out 2 The Highway, Say

Eye Would Be Home

15 Minutes Sooner