The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 1:55pm
I feed upon The View
before Me
and after Me
I will be embedded
in The Face, The Blue Face
of The Earth
as I gaze over
Its expanse
My Horizon
chewed to The Core
The Hawk Kitchen 8:19am
I once created
a giant banana popsicle
covered in chocolate wax
It got driven on top
of a car
through Lower Manhattan
one fabulous night
It visited a gay bar
down by The Hudson
to arrive at The World Trade Center
@ Dawn
The Hawk Queen Bed 8:53pm
My Husband threw a splash
of diamonds upon
My Upright Hand
& yesterday My Birthright
Honour found Its way
across My Clasp
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:49am
The Sky to The East
is molten Silver
& to The West
as I wake
Sun lays Itself
across The Undulating Cape
illuminating
My Day After
The Acquisition
of My Silver Halo
Ring
The Hawk Queen Bed 8:15am
The Shock of Silver
is with Me still
when I see
a band across The Sea
I think of My March 31st
Shower
22 years ago
& how It’s brought Me
to Sanctuary
The Hawk Kitchen 6:38pm
Off Restaurant Menus
I Learned To Read My First Words:
HAMBURGER DELUX
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:46am
along The Grey Horizon
I see a single streak
of Silver
behind Our Neighbour’s
leafless tree
with the gradual motion
of linear clouds
My Line gets washed away
then reforms
to complete
My Fullest View
The Hawk Queen Bed 3:43pm
My Brother Howard often complained
of a pain in His Heart
& no one could understand why —
doctors could find nothing wrong
& He went to His Grave
with a mysterious awareness
comparable to the physicality
of My Animated Halo
& He went to His Grave
minus His Heart
& His Brain
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:21am
I See Silver
On The Ocean
‘neath An Opalescent Sky
One Fishing Boat
Sits Along The Horizon
A Gull & Crow
& Smaller Fry
Fly By
& By
The Hawk Deck 9:36am
I Am The Vessel
of Life
consuming inordinate quantities
of water
retaining fluid
in My Head
& Limbs
I hear the call of The Mourning Dove
& The Grackle
on This New Spring Morning
I think of what My Life
contains:
My House
My Husband
My Far-away Kids
grown now
with Their Own
Lives
Joanna Gilman Hyde 