Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Category: poetry

ALIEN EYE

Eye have lifted M(eye) Shade

to The Alien Eye

of comfort & quiet

in the dark of morning’s night —

It shines through M(eye) Crack

as a blink of The Light

from out on The Cape

to surrender M(eye) Fight

A Rhyme for the Sake of Rhyming

Eye live in a hutch

of snow and ice

Eye need my crutch —

that would be nice

ERNIE DEXTER, ARTIST

EYE have hung M(eye) X

upon the wall

below M(eye) Painting

bought

of someone’s old house

done in pink —

a Nova Scotia house

out in the bleak

CONTEST

Eye have hung My Portrait

upon the wall

above His Books

Eye would forestall

We’re in a contest

to & fro

& Eye don’t care

where He goes

He thought Eye would write

pretty poems

& paint Him pictures of blue

& white

He was wrong

for Eye have come

to see Him as

My Only Plight

if Eye could dip His Head

in Black

I would fight

for My Self

back

but He has The Bucks

Eye need to live

& so Eye am helpless

to forgive

Lesley’s Birthday

It was in a dream

Eye gave M(eye) Arms

to badly needed rest —

Eye used The Body

of M(eye) X

to make a cross

upon M(eye) Bed

Bob Wilber’s Birthday

Where is My Poison Ring?

The Silver Casing w/ Black

Onyx

My Mother gave Me

When Eye turned 13?

Maria

She is beautifully dark haired —

with Her Orange Blossom

poised above Her Left Ear —

She spoke, She speaks

melodiously into My Right Ear

I hear Her all day

all night:

She is My Woman/Child

DEAR SANTA

The Hawk Corner Room 4:50am

EYE am gonna put on M(EYE) Clown Face

& leap around M(EYE) House In Time

to Classical Music in The Breaking Dawn

Soul Town in The Afternoon

& maybe Hip Hop @ Night

when M(EYE) Back

unkinks —

My Husband likes Me Now

 

THE WONDERS OF SNOW

The Hawk King Bed 7:50am

EYE am Back

in My Husband’s Bed

in the wee hours

as His Guest

& Maid

but not as His Personal Dresser

EYE may or may not Cook

for Him

but I will no longer argue

& I will Dance & Dance & Dance

to M(EYE) Heart’s Content

UNTITLED

The Hawk Corner Room approx. 1:40pm

EYE have held

The Most Precious

of Life’s Juice

in M(EYE) Left Palm

& IT was The Colour

of Today’s First Snow

in Antioch Illinois