The Hawk Outpost 10:26am
I Lift My Life Glass
To The Silver On The Water
& Watch As One Gull Flies By
Within The Breadth Of A Dappling
Of Cloud
A Fishing Boat On The Horizon
Shimmers In The Mix
Of My Sea
& Sky
&
I
Drink
The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:35pm
Did You Know China
is advertising on Chinese Television
for The People — yes, The Chinese
— All 1.3 Billion Of Them —
TO BUY GOLD?!
Why isn’t Our Half Of The World
advertising The Affordable Gold
I call SILVER?? I call
for SILVER to Shine
on Our Big Black Screens
for less than $22.00 an ounce —
I am screaming for
This Monetary Agent
used in electronics, solar panels
in medicine as
an anti-bacterial agent —
I am screaming for
This Planet’s Adult-hood
East & West
to be refined into The Brilliance
OF THE ELEMENT OF SILVER
Showering Down On All Of Us
Bathing Us In Its Gleaming Purity
Of Knowledge Of Ourselves
As Human Beings
Subject To Tarnish
Object To Polish
and back
again
The Hawk West Desk Window 4:56pm
The tidal outlet
of The Hawk Inlet
is wet with low tide
sheening silver
before the dunes
of The Cape
silhouetted against a silver ocean
seated — I or The Ocean?
through
My Window
Screen
The Hawk Portico 3:28pm
Behind A Cloud Of Pinkish Hue
Our Sun Was Burning Silver Bright
The Cloud Dispersed Then From My View
I Embraced God’s Warm Delight
The Tomato-coloured Couch 8:04pm
Imagine My Black Frying Pan
hailing globules of bacon grease
coagulating into Silver Orbs
slowly swirling for aeons
–
Imagine Me Washing My Hands
under the tap, soapy water
disrupts that Universe
chancing for a new
set of bubbles
The Hawk Kitchen 9:05am
Have I written enough
of The Silver On The Ocean?
No — It is what I awaken
to on each clear day
It gives Me Solace
and Energy
for The Special Time
We’re in —
The Time of The Awakening
of The World
The Hawk Kitchen 8:30am
The Clouds are lined with Silver
actual Silver Lining
& I am embarking on visiting
My Mother-in-law @ Roseway*
and in the other direction —
Luke of Whom I am so fond
–
*Roseway Hospital, Shelburne, NS
The Hawk Kitchen 9:44am
Silver Greets Me
From The Earth And Sky
The Clouds Are Laced
With Watery Striation
The Ocean Is Streaked
With My Favourite Light
I Am Safely Stationed
In My Morning Place
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:57pm
I live a life
of comparative luxury
with My Weight
on My Left Hip
& My Right Ankle relaxed
while I peel off
My Mother’s Silver Bangles
ancient ring of gold & amethyst
I’m not rich — yet —
but I expect to be
in This Lifetime
in the meantime
I eat frugally
& engage in a very limited
society of friends
Joanna Gilman Hyde 