Joanna Gilman Hyde

Well, Eye Fished Out

The Pieces of The Ceramic Owl

From The Kitchen Trash Can

& Glued It Back Together

Thereby Reinforcing

The Symbolism From Whence

It Came:

A Door Prize

From The Surprise

Renewal of Wedding Vows

Between M(eye) Friends

Bonnie & Skipper

Who Married The Year

Eye Married Peter

& R Still Together

The Ceramic Owl

a tea-lite novelty

is No More.

Eye found It smashed

on The Floor

when Eye came Home

yesterday

butt This was not a total surprise —

twice before

Eye found It there

unbroken

by The Cats

or A Cat

& Eye heedlessly

put It back

on Its perch

to be whacked off

yet again

in M(eye) never-ending

carelessness

February 1, 2024

Last Night Eye Left

A Light On By Mistake.

It Was In M(eye) Downstairs Bathroom

Where Eye Wash The Cat Mats

& M(eye) Own Stockings.

Eye Am In School Now

As A Teacher’s Aide

Where Eye Have 2 Modulate

Little Kiddies

As lnnocent As The Animals

Until They Learn The Tricks

of Adulthood —

Eye Left M(eye) Light On

By Mistake.

January 31, 2024

In The Olden Days

She would have been called “Sassy”

butt in Today’s World

She gets locked out of Her Class Room

wearing A Tee that says

“DRAMATIC LIKE MOMMY”

Note: This was the poem which got Me fired from M(eye) position as Substitute Teacher’s Aide w The Tri-county Regional Centre for Education, for “Breach of Confidentiality.”  Then during the summer of 2024, when Eye had Eliza’s Mexican dog Concha down by the waterfront in Shelburne, a group of young children were admiring Concha & Eye recognized this former student as She bent down not only 2 pet Concha, but 2 kiss her on her back.

The Hawk Family Room

February 4, 2024

w/ A Virtual Cake

From Walmart

Eye Sat w/ M(eye) Old Roommate

Kristine Zoodedoo

In M(eye) Downstairs Office

(Former TV Room — Now Family Room)

Warmed From The Utility Room

Below

& Allowed A Cat —

Dr. Blair’s Cat Cami —

2 Enter.

You Know That Dr. Blair

Loved His Cats

(Along w/ His Patients)

& He Placed Treats For The Cats

On The Kitchen Floor

w/ Each Cat Knowing His or Her Place.

This Was An Evening Ritual

Which Annoyed Me

& Eye Didn’t Know Exactly Why.

The Hawk Corner Room

February 3, 2024

8:18 am

Mrs. Koff Read M(eye) Letter

“Don’t Scratch That Match”

In The Rockland County Journal News

& Was Impressed —

Mrs. Marchalis

Had 2 Deal w/ Patricia Buchanan

Peeing On Her Chair

During The Pledge of Allegiance —

Mrs. Winegarten

Put Paper Flower Petals

Representing Book Reports

Up Above Her Chalk Board —

Mrs. Marshall Introduced

Homophones

& Told Me 2 Stop

Day Dreaming

(When Eye Didn’t Know

What That Meant)

Miss Robley

Gave Me A Dime

2 Buy An Orange Popsicle

@ The Statue of Liberty —

(Eye Liked Her Flipped Up Hair Style)

Mrs. Erlich Talked 2 M(eye) Mother

@ Open House

& Eye Was Proud —

Mrs. Crumm Didn’t Catch Me

Flashing M(eye) Privates

@ Lisa Brown —

(& Her’s @ Me)

Mrs. Wells Crumpled Up

A Tube of Newspaper

She Was Trying 2 Use

2 Demonstrate How Light Doesn’t Bend

& Failed —

Mrs. Lee Praised M(eye) Recitation

of M(eye) Poem

My Bird Named Sam

& Miss Weiner

Wore Dangly Earrings

& Mini Skirts For Math

So Eye Always Raised

M(eye) Hand

Hillcrest Academy, Shelburne, NS

February 2, 2024

Eye Am Bearing Witness

2 The Dissolution

of The Canadian Public School System:

A Little Boy Asked Me In The Stairwell

If Eye Was Alright.

Eye Responded By Saying,

“Yes, Eye’ll Be Fine —

Thanks For Asking.”

Later

1 Decent Teacher

Subbing For Music

Talked 2 Me

In The Bedlam of The Cafeteria

Telling Me

She Once Taught M(eye) Daughter

In High School.

She Said She Saw Eliza

In A Dark A-line Prom Dress

w/ A String of Pearls

& Black Pumps

& Pronounced Her

STUNNING

(Eye Never Saw That Dress)

Eye Told The Teacher

Eliza Is In The Coast Guard

w/ A House In Mexico

& Mrs. ———- said,

“Good For Her!”

(So Eye Felt A Little Better)

February 3, 2024

12:18 pm

Miss Weiner, Have Eye

Written of You Before

w/ Your Long Dark Hair

Piled Partway In A Ponytail

High Upon Your Beautiful Head —

Your Dangling Earrings

Captivated Me

& Eye Thought

You Had 2 Poke Your Earlobes

Each Time You Put Them In —

Your’s Was The Math Class

Eye Eagerly Raised M(eye) Hand 2 —

Answering Your Questions

Against That 4th Grade Chalk Board

Beside Which Sat David Perkins

Who Asked Me

Where Eye Got That Necklace —

A Tinkling String of Tiny Glass Birds —

Eye Said “From Italy –“

& He Said

“Sttt, Italy.”

Is The Guzzle Gone —

Filled In From The Last Tumult

of Ocean Storm & Sand?