Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: outdoors

3-WEEK PRESCRIPTION

The Hawk Deck 4:43pm

I Have A Stigmata

applied twice daily

with a Q -Tip

to My Right Cheek

(facial, that is)

I’m killing a part of Me —

a part of unfavourable growth —

I march around proudly

with the evidence of Sun

TRANSFIGURATION 2

The Hawk Out Post 12:51pm

The Blue Jay

bore out of the bush

to a rock in My Far Yard

 then to The Scraggly Apple

— I kept My Eye on Him —

— feeling My Blood —

& He Came to

Me

He Came

 

MORNING ABLUTIONS

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:14am

The Cape has turned moss green

overnight

I gaze out across

Its growth of dunes

serene against the overcast sky

inlet tide — the rich grey

of My Husband’s Hair

while He’s in The Tub

LATE MORNING

The Hawk Outpost 11:15am

The Hawk Outpost

offers a thin blue sky

to The North East

the promise of sun

while a solitary Grackle

pecks at the lawn

with His Brilliant Teal Head

— Oh — There’s Another One!

EVENING APPEARANCE

The Hawk Outpost 8:15pm

I looked from The Sky’s wispy clouds

threading overhead

to last year’s bamboo crop

the colour of This Year’s Fawn

Who emerged from new shoots

like magic

to test The Neighbour’s Offering

of a scoop of grain

TO BE READ SLOWLY

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22pm

Ocean Breathes WHOOSH…WHOOSH

I Hold My Breath…Let It Out

Ocean Breathes For Me

SKY SITTING

The Hawk Outpost 6:46pm

The Clouds Tonight

look like The Face

of Jupiter

undulating as They do

like waves

on an incoming shore

variations of grey & blue

hover over

My Yard

where Our Biggest Cat

Astro

sits to listen

to The Birds of Evening

while The Sky sits

above

WARNING CRY

The Hawk Glass Table 3:00pm

Clear Squawk Of The Jay

Calls Me To My Infancy

His Nestlings Are Safe?

PRISMATIC

The Hawk Queen Bed 11:00am

Last Night I Went To Sleep

Under The Flash Of Our Light House

pulsating every five seconds

To Wake This Morning

To Our Sun Over

The Crest Of Ocean

infinitely scattered

MOMENTARY VIEW

The Hawk Kitchen NOON

Handsome Jay Atop

Weathered Newel Post Just For Me

Deepest Close-up Blues