Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: nature

VOICE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:40pm

Mine Is The Voice

Of The World

Calling Out

To Unmake Our Impoverished

Image Of Ourselves

Mine Is The Voice

Sounding Out

To Uphold Our Worthy Stature

To Uphold Our Strength Of Unity

As Human Beings

Emerging Like Microbes

Across Our Salinated Planet

Which Now Recognizes

My Authoritative Tone

As The Overseer

Whose Vision

Is As Clear

As Her Voice

OCEAN SWATH

The Hawk Dining Room 11:17am

The Swath of Silver

has moved

from My Kitchen Outpost

to beyond The Dining Room

I can see It

from My Marble Table

& I can Love It

all the more

— steel streaks included —

framed within

My Arched Window

garlanded by Eliza

PULSE OF LIFE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:17pm

I sat within My Pool of Light

illuminated at My Wrist

encircled by My Silver Bright

I saw My Pulse

and so exist

THE DAYS

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:48pm

The Days go pretty fast

around here

I find My Self turning

into bed again

after a weekend day

with Hunter

rowing, eating, writing

loving My Staid Existence

I find My Self

turning into

bed

after cracking the windows

for the last balmy air

of summer

THE MOSQUITO HAWK

The Hawk Kitchen 5:50pm

I looked & I looked

at the long-legged

insect My Mother called

The Mosquito Hawk

I looked & I looked

at His Tenuous Hold

on My Kitchen Cabinet

I looked at His Squiggly Feet

hooked on the tips

enabling His Grip

I looked & I looked

at His Star-patterned

Body, if You could call

It a body —

I looked & I looked

but nothing

could I see

that would tell Me A Reason

for Why

He

held

on

SKY THOUGHT

The Hawk Deck 11:20am

The Plumage of Clouds

rides high overhead

& I become lost

in The World

of Flying Gulls

Buzzing Flies

& The Deep Recess

of Blue

LISTEN

The Hawk Deck 9:47am

I am Up

from My Depression

— that was years ago —

to drink My Coffee

on My Deck

I am robed

in Liquid Silver

& The Ocean speaks

TODAY

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:32pm

I walked across The Sky

Today

as It reflected along The Sand

at My Wet Feet

I pirouetted over Galaxies

of Shells, Kelp and Gull Droppings

until The Sea Foam

rushed around My Bare Ankles

and landed Me Ashore

SILVER CRY

The Hawk Outpost 9:22am

Harken Silver Sun!

Your Glare Is All

I Worship

Your Rise Each Day

Makes Me Live

Makes Me See

Beyond My Kitchen

Window Frame

Out To The World

I Love

SEASONAL FRUIT

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:30pm

Years ago long-haired Eve

offered a red apple

to Her Skinny Boyfriend

& The World Of Christianity Was Born

(or was It?)

Today We have a bunch

of ripe bananas

offered by Sheepish Boyfriends

to unsuspecting Girls

everywhere

& So We Have

The Second Coming