The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
November 26, 2024
(M(eye) Mother’s Birthday)
10:55 pm
Once Eye Did
The Walk of Chr(eye)st
Down The Middle of M(eye) Road
It Took Me Long
M(eye) Feet Were Bare
As Eye Carried Out M(eye) Load —
It Was 2 The Beach
In The Cold of February
2 Wait & Dance
Upon A Rock
(Where Eye Could Not Remain)
The Hawk West Window
November 11, 2024
Sometime In The Afternoon
In M(eye) Possession
Lays An Oval Crystal Dish
W/ An Oval Crystal Lid
designed w/ radiating lines
cut into The Top
& ridged around The Bottom —
The Bottom too has radiating cuts
underneath —
Eye Cleaned It Today
w/ Q Tips
(as Eye stood in M(eye) Ensuite Bath)
& thought of The Man
Who Gave It 2 Me:
M(eye) 1st Husband
& Children’s Father —
The Father Who Gave Me
M(eye) 3rd Child Maria
(not to be confused with Mania)
& Forced Her From Me
w/ The Ultimatum
He Would Leave Me
If Eye Gave Birth —
& Birth Eye Have Given
over & over & over
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
November 3, 2024
Morning
Eye have a full-grown Youngster:
Junior Gully, still brown & speckled
eating out of Gully’s dish
on The Deck
& This Morning Eye decided
in Gully’s unusual absence
that Junior
is The Replacement.
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
McDonalds, Barrington Passage
September 24, 2024
4:43 pm
Happiness Is The Way You Feel
One Day 2 The Next
One Hour 2 The Next
& So Eye Treated M(eye) Self
2 A Pedicure
& was asked if Eye wanted
A Manicure —
So Eye Said
“Eye Have The Time —
Yes, Eye Will Have One”
& Had M(eye) Nails
Toes & Hands
Painted Pink
In Honour
of M(eye) Very Special Friend:
Darlene Louisa Winfield Rennehan
NOTE: Had not had a manicure or pedicure in at least ten years.
Joanna Gilman Hyde 