Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: nature

FRENCH TOAST

The Hawk Kitchen 6:41pm

greasy frying pan

foaming with sparkling bubbles

Voila! Universe

EVENING CAST

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:38pm

Eye saw a magic curtain of fog

sweep itself across The East

it carried on its vaporous edge

the very dimness of rain

but as Eye waited

it never came

& Eye was left

with only The Surf

to aid My Hearing

from this beloved

stage

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:30pm

I love My Kitchen Outpost

I can sit here as if

on a porch

surrounded on one side

by My Outdoor View

even if Its foggy

I can sit in My Purple Robe

in My Apple-green Chair

with a cat

on The Ottoman

& listen to a distant radio

drinking tea

& texting

 

DEFERENCE TO A GRACKLE

The Hawk Kitchen 10:00am

Last Night I watched

A Crow sidling up

to some bread I had thrown

but before He got there

A Grackle came clucking around

& The Crow moved off

three steps back

to allow The Grackle

first peck

FOG SONG

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:34am

The Scrub Spruce are receding

into The Fog

I have situated My Wrought Iron Chair

square on

to see The Spread of Ocean

when It clears

 

MY OUTPOST WINDOW

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:51pm

My Outpost Window

is open to The Sea

screened against

moths & bugs I see

The Ocean framed

by The Upright Rectangle

of sliding glass

pushed up & open

to afford My Dream

treasured with The Song

of Birds

SILVER SHIFT

The Hawk Kitchen 7:53am

The Silver Glare

alerts My Eyes

& shifts to flashes

of White

safe in My Kitchen

with the coffee pot on

I care not

for the rest of The World —

Oh but I do!

TWO WEEKS LATER

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:20pm

My Mother’s Day Bunch

is a scraggly cascade of drying

lilly petals & crisp carnations

There are three well-preserved roses

the colour of autumn

with a card held high

“Hope You’ll enjoy

The Light of My Life bouquet –“

SILVER SEGMENT

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:38am

The Ocean looks

like A Silver Bar

polished as if One

would polish

an old silver bar

regulated to The Sky

 

MORNING OF A MAJOR DREAM

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:32am

I watch The Play

of Silver on The Sea

My Horizon Line

is one streak

The Sky affords another look

at molten clouds

luminescent above

The Depths of seething

Grey