Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

The Sense of Roses

July 12th, 2025

Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens

11:15 am

Eye have meandered through

M(eye) 1st Rose Garden

(unless the yellow & white

of M(eye) Grandmother’s garden path

still counts)

Eye took in the blossoms’ colours,

inhaling the over-written scents

up close & personal

on this day

of M(eye) 1st Husband’s 2nd Wedding

What IS A Woman?

July 12, 2025

Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens

10:26 am

A Woman is A Flower

every layer veiled

w/ the succulence of purity

& scent of Attraction

for nearly everyone around Her:

those who do not see Her

as well as those who see Her clearly

NOTE: a tourist 2 The Gardens said,

“I’ll walk into town — I’ve been here before.”

HOPE

July 11th, 2025

The Hawk Green Chair

12:30 pm

Within Dark Hours

for M(eye) Daughter

& for Me

(thanks 2 men Eye do not wish 2 compare)

a small stone lay

w/ The Word Hope

painted upon It

beside M(eye) deck

within Jerome’s sleeping spot —

The Stone HAD been kept

inside a glass bowl

(w/ other rocks worth keeping)

so HOW It got outside

is beyond Me

butt It did Its job today

accompanied by The Personal Prayer

of Our Honourable Baptist Minister

Recap

July 9th, 2025

The Hawk Queen Bed

5:16 am

The Summer of 1999

encapsulated The Affair w Dr Blair —

a mighty mistake

landing Me

in The Corruption of a 2nd marriage

based on sex, drugs, coercive control —

& now, divorced since June of 2020

w his upcoming Judgement set against Me

Eye must step out of Victimhood

& sue The B’ Jesus

out of his 85 year old ass*

*Eye am deliberately practicing “age-ism”

FATE

July 9th, 2025

The Hawk Queen Bed

4:54 am

M(eye) WORK Self Organizing Galaxy

lies entombed

somewhere inside Clarkstown Landfill*

capped

thanks 2 M(eye) 1st husband

set 2 re-marry

on Saturday

*Rockland County, New York

Major Dream

July 7th, 2025

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

6:30 am

After a dream 2 mornings ago

reluctantly kissing a crook

on a slippery slope

in the rain, last night

Eye had a DOOZY of A DREAM:

I finally HAD HIM,  My DHW

in the single bed of My Mother’s Room

in Jordan Bay*

I held Him

& We kissed for the first time.

It was a DOOZY of a kiss

w tongues & limbs & hands

— We were both so happy —

then in a Hotel Restaurant/bar

David had his wallet open

spilling bright green Scottish Bills

on the floor

& I said, “I’ll check

if this is an International Hotel

& if they take Scottish currency.”

*Jordan Bay refers to My Grandparents’ now derelict summer house near Shelburne, NS

Caught

June 30th, 2025

The Hawk Kitchen

9:11 am

Eye am caught like The Deer

inside The Head Lights

of M(eye) Shower of Silver Daggers

piercing Me for M(eye) Eternity

within The Progress of non-existent time

within The Love of God —

M(eye) Little Man —

dangling like a carrot

(& Eye am The Donkey

going ’round & ’round & ’round)

Jack Marciano’s Birthday

June 28th, 2025

The Hawk Kitchen

11:22 am

Today Eye planted

M(eye) Silver Gleam

2 sit below M(eye) Eastern Window

2 catch  residual rain

off M(eye) brick-red roof

against the muted leaves

of God’s softest green-grey

Re-collection

June 27th, 2025

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

8:05 am

Eye have a contraption of LIGHT

dangling in M(eye) East Kitchen Window:

The Bedazzled Star of Christmas Past —

The Suspended Crystal Decanter Top —

The Resinous Ornament

of Our Little Hot Air Balloon

(bought years ago 2 signify

M(eye) DHW Fantasy) —

These glinting accoutrements

of strung-together glitter

sway & twist before a pattern

of The Cross

inside M(eye) open sky-catcher

2 spark M(eye) Reconnaissance

of The Shower of Silver Lights —

M(eye) New & Delicate Apprehension

of The Glory of Treasured Refraction

Deck Living

June 25th, 2025

The Hawk Deck

10:30 am

This Is What You Call

Deck Living:

stepping barefoot onto weathered boards

(one rotten)

2 hear The Sea & See It Sparkle

2 feel The Bug-free Breeze

(except for the odd fly who might get in the kitchen)

2 languish in A Leopard-spotted Night Shirt

(appreciated once by a non-lover)

amongst The Newly Potted Blossoms

of A Planter’s Delight

while The Scraggly Apple accommodates

The Occasional Blue Jay —

now 2 drink Peppermint Tea

w/ Mexican Honey

(courtesy of Eliza’s Boyfriend) —

Eye could sit here all morning

in M(eye) Surprisingly Comfortable Folding Chair of slatted wood

(2 wooden Adirondack Chairs

are due next week, courtesy of Eliza)

writing poems & drinking, drinking

Tea & Sunshine —

It’s The Momentary Life of Leisure

& Eye am not minding being alone

except for The Cats

& Gully The 3rd

Who’s already had His Breakfast

of ancient canned beans —

He’s Off