Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: existence

OFF THE TRAIL

The Hawk Portico 1:45pm

I heard a bull frog

a sort of rubber-y note

very sound of bog

ON THE TRAIL

Barrington Passage, NS 12:26pm

I have stepped through

a tunnel of shimmering leaves

calling Me along

by the dappled light

I have breathed in

the hue of fuchsia rose

wild

& heard the lupine

sing out

purple & white

UNTITLED

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:15pm

sometimes I cannot get

the words

fast enough

before the pink

spreads itself

out of the sky

& I am left

with My favourite

grey

FOR POTTERFAN97

June 15, 2014 The Hawk Queen Bed 10:53am

I have carried My Body

through These 22 Years

first shuffling, now striding

poised in readiness

for any meeting

haphazard or planned

to jump to new heights

landing Who Knows Where

or Why?

WHAT DOES THIS POEM MEAN?

The Hawk West Desk Window 6:55pm

I Saw The Silver

Before I Left

Beyond The Cape & Islands

It Filled Me Up

With Desire Spent

I Came Back

To Thunder

COLOUR OF THOUGHT

The Hawk Corner Room 1:43pm

I opened The Corner Room Door

hoping to see A Rainbow

& saw instead The Layered Sky

blue-grey

above The Scrub Spruce Forest

& The Neighbour’s End

of Our Lime-green Hedge

fluttering beneath

& out to The Ocean

One Wave Breaking

as an accent mark

RED & WHITE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:22pm

I stare across

to My Neighbour’s Canadian Flag

stretched out & shivering

in the gusts

I feel My Veins quickening

& know too hard

The Eye is self-trained

to soak in The Flickering

& feed It to The Blood

MORNING SONG

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:26am

Sliding My Glass Door

Bird Song Carries Me Aloft

Yellow Bird’s Clear Ring

CAMOUFLAGE

The Hawk Kitchen 9:06pm

What makes a moth

designer colours

blending in with tree bark

or standing out

on My porch door frame —

what makes those soft wisps

of brown & blonde

& in particular,

what makes those two tiny black dots —

one on either wing?

LAST NIGHT’S SILVER

June 8, The Hawk Living Room 10:00pm

I’ve Caught The Moon

In My Living Room Sky Light

Arriving

Through This Late

And Early

Evening

I See Its Thin Beam

Shining Down To Our Balcony

Through The Spindles

Defining Shadows

Of The Luminous Streaks

Of My Age