The Hawk Deck 8:49am
I love My Corny Apparition
of A Rainbow
in My Coffee Cup
seen only as I drink
— I checked to see where
It was coming from
and as I nod My Head
The Delightful Glitter
zooms through The Refraction
of My Eye-wear
as I stand in The Eastern Sun
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:38am
EYE See The Mighty Silver
beaming off the water’s edge
I feel the warmth of Our Sun
across My Morning Face —
I see the spheres of illumination
through My Blinking Lash
I hear the coffee water boiling
calling for A Second Steep
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:45am
A golden band of sun
greets Me over this dark sea
I am just up
from an adequate sleep
ready to make the coffee
& let out a cat
or two
The Hawk Deck 10:22am
I stand with My Glass
marked LIFE
in the sun of early fall
I glance to the gleam
on the ocean top
& devise
My Future Call
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:55am
The Sun Has Risen
Above A Bank Of Fog
Obscuring My True Horizon
Creating A Softer Line
Couching The Sun’s Reflection
In The Ocean
Underneath
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:05am
This Morning’s Light
has blended into The Sky
The Houses on The Beach
are silhouetted against The Sea
The Hedge Row rustles
through My Outpost Window
Our Coffee has been steeped
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:11am
I open My Window
to the cries of gulls
& flash My Eyes against
the light out over
My Morning Ocean
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:53am
Again My Sky is opalescent
framed within the window
of My Sliding Glass Door
I can hear the morning birds
the cats are quiet
coffee is ready to pour
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:00am
Outpost Window
Deck
Dewy Grass
Bamboo Hedge
Misty Scrub Spruce
Blinding Silver
Wispy Sky
–
After-image
in The Blink
of Florescent Green
The Hawk Deck 7:52am
The Sun is in The Ocean
blazing off The Horizon
I hear no waves
only the repetition
of a nearby Crow
CAW CAW
He is preening Himself
in between
CAW CAW
Joanna Gilman Hyde 