Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

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August 7, 2014

SONG FOR MOTHER & DAUGHTER

August 6th,The Hawk Window Seat 11:07am

This Morning I Stood

At The Sliding Glass Door

Listening To The Waves

& The Insistence Of A Chickadee

But I Was Pulled Away

By The Concerns Of My Daughter

Making Her Way To College

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August 7th, The Hawk Window Seat 11:04am

Last Night I Scared Eliza

Trying To Describe Our Shift

To The Left, To The East

Picturing My Self Standing

In The Atlantic

Facing South

With The West To My Right

The East To My Left

& The Mona Lisa

Has A Surprise

Under Her Left Hand

 

 

 

 

 

 

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August 5, 2014

THE PARK WAY

The Hawk Window Seat 6:30pm

I have turned a corner

into a park-lit lane

surrounded by imported trees

& shadows floating on

newly cut grass

lush & green in the dappled sun

I am Home now

in My Mind

where I can hear

a song’s refrain

& be guided

to My Ultimate Destiny

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August 3, 2014

MY HOUSE

The Hawk Kitchen 2:11pm

My House affords a clear view

even in the fog

I see the layers of scrub spruce

receding

from The Cats on the deck

& bread rising

with The Kettle on

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August 2, 2014

MICHAELA & CHARLOTTE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:02pm

Two Little Girls, My Nieces

have added more Stars

to My House

tracking up My Stairs

from The Beach

for Me to sweep up

& turn Them into

My Galactic Palm

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August 1, 2014

DREAM # 22

The Hawk Kitchen 1:22am

I Have Risen From The Dream

Of My Mother’s Cure

Of Her Malignant Brain Tumour —

In The Dream I Befriended

Her Doctor

With Whom I Had Had

A Strained Relationship

Since The Day He Examined

My Back

When I Was Wearing A Black Bra

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July 31, 2014

WOMEN IN BLACK

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:00pm

They are The Nuns of The Night

putting on Their Alien Lamp

with a wave of A Purple Latex Glove

taking care of My Dentifrice

humming a Serena Ryder tune

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July 31, 2014

BEFORE THE GREY

The Hawk Outpost 9:00am

I See The Silver

Sheen Upon The Ocean So

I Know I Am Home

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July 29, 2014

GORILLA WOMAN

The Hawk Basement 1:00pm

Last night I dreamt

of a Gorilla Woman

Who could not speak

being “cared for” by a man

Who had fathered two young girls

by another woman

and The Gorilla Woman

was Their Foster Mother —

first Her Face was a Gorilla Face

then She turned into An Old Human

wearing Old Lady Clothes

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July 19, 2014

LEAVING THE HAWK

The Hawk Deck Rail 12:11pm

The Waves are loudest

just beyond The Scraggly Apple

I have prepared My House

for a deep thinker

& am ready to depart

for a trip

of No Expectations

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July 18, 2014

CLEANING

The Hawk West Desk Window 12:15pm

Two Jehovah’s Witnesses

knocked on My Side Door

while I was mopping upstairs

& tried to get Me

to believe in Satan

but I would have none of it:

“I give The Devil no credence”

They said, “So You believe Mankind is responsible

for all the bad things?”

I said, “In part, but I believe

in The Reconciliation of Opposites”

“What’s That?”

I told Them I wanted to get back

to My Cleaning

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