The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:25am
I see The Sphere
of The Sun
behind a watery Sky
luminescent behind
the foggy clouds
decking My Horizon
with Silver Grey
& Silver Wash
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:56am
A bank of silvery clouds
is broken at the horizon
with a band of light
above the ocean
Today is The Day
I see My Children
together as a pair
grown & out there
leading Their Own Lives
The Hawk Kitchen 8:13pm
I have A Magic Pendant
It is Black & White
I wear It always around My Neck
to let It clarify My Sight
My Brother had One
made of Silver
It was Our Mother’s
Oh How He Loved Her!
He dangled Its chain
& let It swing
to answer Yes one way
or No the other
He saw His Way
out of any dilemma
& told His Fortune
to His Gods
He struck a deal
with His Death
that He would be remembered
as a Man of Steel
safely stowed
in The Land of Nod
The Hawk Deck 7:20am
I open My Door
to stand on My Deck
with the waves, the birds
& sun
last night’s fog
is alight on the growth
the coffee pot is on
My Husband will row
The Hawk Outpost 8:05am
I stand in a beam
of Silver Light
thinking of My Children
My Sole Delight?
I seem to see Them
in My Mind
as if I have Them
for All Time
The Hawk Deck 10:44am
There Is No Power
Higher Than The Human Mind
The Self Is All
& Guides You To Your Ultimate
Fulfilment
The Hawk Kitchen 8:26am
The ocean is a sea
of liquid Silver
The Sky is adrift
with opal cloud
My Son comes home
after two years away
and I am awash
in gratitude
The Hawk Outpost 7:40pm
The Deer here are the colour
of very early Spring
They emerge from the undergrowth
like apparitions materializing
from rounded ears & noses
necks & torsos
heading for the neighbours’ carrots
on high-stepping dainty hooves
pausing only to blend Their buff coats
against a lawn
of very late winter
The Hawk West Desk Window 8:25am
There lies an aqua wash
to the Westward Sky
It holds My Future
by and by
My Past is with Me
day by day
I sing My Song
and let It stay
Joanna Gilman Hyde 