Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: 9/11 artist

WATCH THIS

The Hawk Basement  11:22am

I’m Gonna Blow

The Roof Off

Death & Destruction:

Self Organizing Galaxy

SHOW-STOPPER

9:11pm in New York

9/11 tried to top My Painting

NOTHING

CAN

TOP

Self Organizing Galaxy

SILVER SONG

The Hawk Outpost 8:40am

The Brilliant Sheen

Upon The Water

Fills My Heart & Eyes

I Love It So

It Guides My Way

I Will Sing Of It

Until I Die

TICKET TO WHERE I AM TODAY

The Hawk Western Hallway 7:25pm

The Sun behind The Fog

is a gleaming disc of Gold

Clouds of Sea Mist

blow across

yet The Sun filters through

& tells Me

broadly

that My Shower Of Silver Lights

is My Ticket

REVELATION 222

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:22pm

My House is Asylum

My Hands offer Asylum

when placed upon

any body in pain

in fear

In My House, with My Hands

I can cast out

suffering

I can deliver

My Power

into The Hands

of Another

I have The Power

to Heal

I can Heal

My Friends

I can Heal My

Husbands

My Lovers

through

My Dead Brother

& The Deaths of

My Parents

I am Emboldened

I can Heal

This World

through My Art

& My Mind

I can Instruct

Nourish

Tone Down

Play Up

Send Every Body

Home

THIS TIME

Barrington Passage 1:16pm

I’ve walked across

My First Fall Leaves

upside down, the leaves

not Me

Oh — not Me — I have

all the tools at My Reach

for The Greatest, Grandest

entry of All —

I have The Seasons

set before Me:

beginning with Autumn

when I laid out My Canvas

on Michael Jackson’s birthday

when I signed My Name on October 10th

when I moved to Nova Scotia

and had My 2.4 Children —

Oh I was happy

until My Mother Died

but then, even then

I had the shock of newness

in The Shower Of Lights

to ponder, to confound everyone

around Me

to culminate in October

the month of My Baby Girl

to release My Self

inside the reassuring caress

of The Littlest Man

to Whom I have linked My Self

in My Mind

for every last season of Fall

 

 

BLACK PANTS

The Hawk Deck 2:50pm

I am grown up now

the squawk of the Jay cannot lure

Me back —

when I speak in childish tones

it is to emphasize My Desire —

My Vision Of Black —

I Am A Figure Of Wonderment

& The World

must always

wonder

MY DESSERT 2

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22pm

Tonight I delved in

into The Meaning of Life

once again

It’s been countless times

I’ve tasted

The Chocolate of It

& seen The Sparkles

& known

My Destiny

& That of

Human

Kind

MY LIFE

The Hawk Portico 4:45pm

I want to write

My Life Out

in brilliant vibrancy

like the colours

of My Quilt

Purple & Teal

housed now

in a lavender room

by The Sea

(of course)

where I am

happiest

in a red deck chair

on My Front

Stoop

(The Portico)

entertained by amiable neighbours

taken care of

(in case I still need care)

by My

Glowingly Handsome Husband —

let Me write

too

about My Beautiful

Daughter

My Heroic Son

& yes

as the brightest

of all

let Me write

& Write

about My Love

which strings Me along

from water tap

to ocean spray

I drink

from My Glass

named Life

& I live

in Divine

Completeness

LATE SUMMER

Barrington Passage, NS 10:04am

I said “Good Morning!”

to three sets of 2

on The Barrington Bay Trail

and The Morning was

beautiful

when I thought of those

trucks

out of favour with Me now

I was called by A Chickadee

and so She is Timeless