The Hawk Deck
September 13th, 2025
8:47 am
Eye sit in The Stillness
of M(eye) clear & quiet Morning
w a flying insect
positioning Himself
@ the level of M(eye) Hat —
He Hovers — I’ve seen Him
rub His dangling legs together
perhaps in glee
before zooming off
only 2 return
2 examine Me
The Hawk Deck
September 13th, 2025
8:00 am
Gully’s Chick, His Offspring
is alone on M(eye) Backyard Grass
bleating His squeaky bleat
full grown butt brown.
He’s been on The Deck
several times already,
eating Gully’s Baked Beans for Breakfast
butt today He’s on His Own,
as Eye am
alone with no Parents
too far grown into Life
2 be in Their Company.
September 2nd, 2025
The Hawk Deck
10:40 am
Eye live alone on a Magnificent Island
like M(eye) Mother did
on McNutt’s Island
in Shelburne Harbour —
only this place —
The Hawk, Cape Sable Island —
is @ The End of The Earth
(nearly)
The Furthest Point South
in Eastern Canada:
a long line of beach
w/ low scrub spruce
alders & ferns
stretching down
into The Atlantic
complete w/ M(eye) House of Art
The Scraggly Apple
Gully The 3rd
& 3 elderly Cats
leftover
from a now abandoned
marriage
August 23rd, 2025
The Hawk Deck
10:45 am
This Morning Eye Drank
In The Luminescence
of Our Atlantic,
calm apres Erin
no chop — no wind
butt surf before
M(eye) Diamond Lights
of Silver —
Eye Drank It All In
through 4 cups of Tea,
until The Sun moved off
behind the neighbour’s rooftops.
August 18th, 2025
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:40 am
Eye see M(eye) Self
in Teal Silk
w/ Black Brocade
holding a Dove, or Gull
of White
standing w/ hair outstretched
before it goes grey
(M(eye) hair is not yet grey)
& Eye am not a Crazy Cat Lady
butt a Bird Woman
August 15th, 2025
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
8:00 am
Watching Gully preen
is fascinating —
w/ His strong long Beak
He cleans each pinion feather
tipped in black —
then fanned-out tail
& fluffs His downy white.
He tucks His Head beneath His Breast
& beneath the “elbow” of His Wing —
intricate
structure for flight
coloured warm grey
for distinction.
August 10, 2025
Yesterday Eye made
M(eye) 3rd Banana Bread,
only this time It was not burnt
on The Bottom
as Eye had lined the rack
of M(eye) Betty Crocker toaster oven
w/ foil
& set It on a lower setting.
The Banana Bread came out
Perfect
butt Eliza would not be here
2 help Me eat It —
So This Morning
Eye decided 2 take It
2 Church,
M(eye) 1st Offering,
& did so only because
It WASN’T BURNT.
August 7th, 2025
The Hawk Beach
11:25 am
Today Eye have walked
2 The Guzzle —
The North of Hawk Beach
while turquoise waves glinted
Terns got angry
Piping Plovers squidaddled
& beside M(eye) Bank of The Guzzle
a new dome of shore foliage
made its appearance
where before there was no green,
adding length 2 the outcropping
of Hawk Dunes
& length 2 M(eye) 15 Years
of Hawk Beach Observation
August 7th, 2025
The Hawk Deck
8:35 am
Gully is not here
this Morning —
last night Eye fed Him
a bowl of chicken fat
so Eye hope He’s alright —
that amount of grease
might kill a human
butt maybe Gully
has a gut of steel —
there’s a gull on a power pole
near M(eye) Neighbour’s Barn —
maybe that’s Him —
Oh no, @ next glance
no gull
Gully said “BACON”
sitting on His Rail
this morning —
His Command 2 Me
& Eye got IT
& so did He
Joanna Gilman Hyde 