April 11, 2025
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
9:05 am
Eye can write again
about The Silver Light
upon M(eye) Ocean
Bright
in The Clouded Sun —
a carry-over
from The Shower
upon M(eye) Head
& down M(eye) Sides —
engulfed Eye was
32 years & 11 days ago —
Eye Stand, Still In Its Might
April 10, 2025
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
8:50 am
Gully & His Princess
R not here Today
In The Bright Sun
of Early April.
Eye had a bowl
of chicken stock bones
for Them 2 gobble
saved for later in the fridge
should They return
2 Their Deck Rail
April 10, 2025
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
8:26 am
Eye can see The Diamond of Light
embedded within The Crystal Decanter
Stop
placed by Me on the window sill
of M(eye) Hawk Kitchen Outpost —
All That Is Left
from that hand-blown wine vessel
broken by Me
22 Million Years Ago
April 6, 2025
The Hawk Queen Bed
6:15 am
Eye Have Weighted @ Least
One Zillion Years
2 Lay A Stone
On The Grave Of M(eye) Cat
& Now Eye Realize
Eye Have The Choice
Of 2 Black Cut Stones
Leftover From Weighing Down
STRATOSPHERIC UNIVERSE Circa 2017
(which blew apart anyway) —
1 Trapezoidal Thick Black Stone
Rests Still On The Southeast Corner
Of M(eye) Front Yard Canvas
While The 2nd Shiny Black Stone —
Just Thought Of Now —
(in M(eye) 64th year)
Lays Flat, Wider
Against The Southeast Corner
Of M(eye) Hawk House
Here, Where A Flower Bed
Never Got Made
& Just Saw A Bird
Land On The Top
Of A Singular Scrub Spruce
Framed Between The Left & Right
Branches Of M(eye) Scraggly Apple —
The Bird Was A Crow
Who Cawwed 3 Times
Before He Flew Off —
Inside To Write
Eye Got To The Part
Where Eye Went Back Out
W/ Journal & Pen
To Add The Close Sounds
Of Ocean, Other Birds
& Stood Again
In View Of The Scraggly Frame
To See & Hear
A Crow Land Again
To Repeat His Refrain
Sitting On A Rock
Drawn Through Black Crayon
By Pubescent Me
Taped 2 M(eye) Mother’s Refrigerator
In Valley Cottage:
Profiled In Colour
Under The Black Overlay —
She Gazed @ The Sea
As Eye Do Now
From M(eye) Sun-filled Corner Room
On Cape Sable Island
Over 50 Years Later
Joanna Gilman Hyde 