A DREAM OF RED
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:03am
I dreamt I was dressed
in a Santa Claus dress
inside a forum of people —
I had the floor
and addressed the crowd
by emphatically stating
“It’s OK for adults to dress up
but Children should never be
lied to.”
Joanna Gilman Hyde
"Good Morning, World!"
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January 19, 2015
A CRACK IN THE SKY
The Hawk Kitchen 5:01pm
I looked up from cutting
My Potatoes
and took in My Breath
seeing The First Illuminaton
of an otherwise nondescript day
— The Sun had broken through
in The West
and to The East I saw
The Scraggly Apple
and bank of scrub spruce
momentarily
tinged with Gold
January 19, 2015
MY HOUSE 2
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:18am
I am comfortable
in My House —
It’s not a hotel
with lavish sheets & pillows —
It comes with A Husband
& Seven Cats
lying about with the rain
& Our Second Cups
of Coffee
January 17, 2015
MY SELF-PORTRAIT
Me holding My Self-portrait with above portrait of My Mother Elizabeth Walden Hyde by Bernard Taylor 1966 and watercolour of Me as an infant by EB Walden upper right 1961
January 17, 2015
GESTURE
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:57am
Hunter has a sideways glance
I find so endearing
He cocks His Head
to the right
& catches You with His Eye
tilted
for a split second
& looks away & down
having hinted
“Isn’t that so?”
January 16, 2015
ALERT 2
The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:22pm
My Halo is back
visiting Me for half an hour
while I listened
to world financial forecasts
with Hunter
January 15, 2015
SILVER BULLET
The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:33pm
I will not be burned
at the stake I will be shot
in The Back again
January 15, 2015
PETER COOPER* HAIKU
The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:39pm
Giant Foundation
for Me to stand supported
about to topple?
*founder of The Cooper Union for The Advancement of Science and Art
written in honour of Peter Cooper’s birthday February 12, 1791
January 14, 2015
SKY PORTRAIT
The Hawk Dining Room 8:24am
If I could paint The Sky
this morning
It would be a WOW Sky
blending into The Ocean
with lateral lines of pinkish light
Sky Light
coming through the breaks
in blue-grey clouds
with Golden Wash above
January 13, 2015
THE SELF-PORTRAIT
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:52pm
If I were to paint
a picture of My Self
what colour would I use
to start? Yellow, please
as I see Me in a room
of Gold
with Purple Rings
under My Eyes
as I see Them sag
into disproportion
I would put Chartreuse
upon My Fallen Lids
stark Black for Brows
still arched
My Two Left Moles
would be three-dimensional
& My Lips, cracked slightly
with age lines
would be a Lurid Red
maybe smearing across
The Right Side
Of My Face
