ASLEEP
The Hawk Corner Room 1:10pm
My Bed is laid
with The Quilt of Purple Ripples
under an array
of framed memorabilia
in Eliza’s Room
while She is away
messing about in boats
Joanna Gilman Hyde
"Good Morning, World!"
Tag: purple
February 22, 2014
COMPLEXION
The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:00pm
I Am Black Jesus
I Am Red, Yellow, Brown, White
Purple Is The Colour
Of My Massive Heart
My Hair Is A Rainbow
I Wear No Clothes
But Unlike The Emperor
I Know That I Am
Naked
June 22, 2013
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
The Hawk Deck 11:00am
I have turned into
a religious figure
dressed in purple robe
& sun hat
holding My mauve & gold
Journal
on My Knee
I hear the birds
a lawn mower
& write
of The Solace
I seek for Others
Who may share
My View
of The Internal God
May 7, 2013
NEXT DAY
The Hawk Queen Bed 2:22pm
In Bed in lavish purple
bedding & robe & calico cat
window open to the spring
I sit This Afternoon
with My Worn Out Husband
on the remnants
of a stomach bug, He & I
reading financial reports
off His Nexus Tablet
& planning how He can keep
working, rowing
& feeding the cats
February 25, 2013
CONSTRUCT
Today I made a symbolic abortion
construction
out of My Red Lace Underwear
& Wire Coat Hanger
They’re arranged on a 16″ x 20″ white canvas board
painted with Red
& Purple
& glittery Silver nail polish
I think It looks
primitive
Indian
February 24, 2013
REACTION
The Hawk Kitchen 8:00pm
Purple is The Colour of My Heart
vacated
Silver The Colour of My Jewels —
Red is My Fury
no longer suppressed
These Three Components
sustain Me
now that The Little Man in Black
is Gone
February 24, 2013
PAINTING PLAN
The Hawk Kitchen 6:32pm
I could sit on Our New Kitchen Floor
Indian Style, like a Child
with stretched canvas
in front of Me, flat —
I could puddle The Purple
& get The Metallic Grey, Silver
oozing into The Plum
iridescent
& splotched with Red
from a spray can
liquid & interceding
out of My Lap
January 18, 2013
WARRIOR
The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:47pm
In My Royal Purple Velour Blazer
by Vince Cumoto, size 8
My Ultra Skinny Simon Chang
Black Denim Leggings, size 8
My College Made In Canada
Black Ankle Boots, size 8
With My Mother’s Island House Sale Present
to My Self:
My BIRK’S Sterling Esty Swirl Bangle
On My Left Forearm
With My BIRK’S Gold Dagger in My Right Fist
I Will Defend My Silver Shower
To The Death
Joanna Gilman Hyde 