Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

I HAVE A WINDOW BY MY BED

The Hawk Queen Bed 8:55pm

I have a window by My Bed

which lets The Whole World In

across the sonorous waves

of multitudinous peeps

the tourist cars arrive

to watch the deer

and the air of cool spring

seeps in

so soothing to a relative

from Florida

MASTICATION

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 1:55pm

I feed upon The View

before Me

and after Me

I will be embedded

in The Face, The Blue Face

of The Earth

as I gaze over

Its expanse

My Horizon

chewed to The Core

A STUDENT OF COOPER UNION

The Hawk Kitchen 8:19am

I once created

a giant banana popsicle

covered in chocolate wax

It got driven on top

of a car

through Lower Manhattan

one fabulous night

It visited a gay bar

down by The Hudson

to arrive at The World Trade Center

@ Dawn

RINGS & THINGS

The Hawk Queen Bed 8:53pm

My Husband threw a splash

of diamonds upon

My Upright Hand

& yesterday My Birthright

Honour found Its way

across My Clasp

THE ACQUISITION

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:49am

The Sky to The East

is molten Silver

& to The West

as I wake

Sun lays Itself

across The Undulating Cape

illuminating

My Day After

The Acquisition

of My Silver Halo

Ring

 

MY BIRTHDAY

The Hawk Queen Bed 8:15am

The Shock of Silver

is with Me still

when I see

a band across The Sea

I think of My March 31st

Shower

22 years ago

& how It’s brought Me

to Sanctuary

MEAT EATER

The Hawk Kitchen 6:38pm

Off Restaurant Menus

I Learned To Read My First Words:

HAMBURGER DELUX

SILVER REPORT

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:46am

along The Grey Horizon

I see a single streak

of Silver

behind Our Neighbour’s

leafless tree

with the gradual motion

of linear clouds

My Line gets washed away

then reforms

to complete

My Fullest View

MY BROTHER

The Hawk Queen Bed 3:43pm

My Brother Howard often complained

of a pain in His Heart

& no one could understand why —

doctors could find nothing wrong

& He went to His Grave

with a mysterious awareness

comparable to the physicality

of My Animated Halo

& He went to His Grave

minus His Heart

& His Brain

SKY OF MORNING

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:21am

I See Silver

On The Ocean

‘neath An Opalescent Sky

One Fishing Boat

Sits Along The Horizon

A Gull & Crow

& Smaller Fry

Fly By

& By