Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

MY MOTHER’S DEATH IS MY INCLUSION

The Hawk Corner Room 4:49pm

My Mother’s Death

is My Inclusion

It’s The Hazy Arrow

through The Heart of Me

surrounded by The Glitter

of Ideal Love

& perfect symmetry

Marked

BIG DAY

The Hawk Corner Room 10:38am

The Haze over The Sun

affords a pristine view

of the watery sparkles

splayed out across

My Precious Horizon

as I sit in The Lotus

Position & think

of My Friends & Lovers

SHADOWPLAY*

The Hawk Kitchen 8:56pm

I’mma keepin’ M’Diamond

wiv Its Cloudy Arrow

I know It’s Mine

for All My Time

I know which side It fits

& I Love It like

It’s goin’ outta style

*Joy Division — Ian Curtis (1979)

MY EARTH

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:30am

My Earth is a jewel

with Its opalescent sky

& silvery sea

I come to It naturally

as a babe in utero

to dwell in Its paradises

to live off Its swell

to savour all Its antiquities

THE GIRL WHO HAS TIME ON HER HANDS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 5:20pm

When I see a quiet wave

break

from a dark blue swell

into a white ridge of foam

gliding along the rocky shore

I think of the arms

of Our Galaxy

cradling

All We Are

Our Lives

Our God

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