Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: Yarmouth Nova Scotia

ON THE WAY TO YARMOUTH

My Birthday is The Same Day

as Stephen Harper’s

I’m 3 months older

than Obama

This Is No Coincidence

My Name Is

Joanna Gilman Hyde

I AM YOUR BLACK JESUS

I have on My Daughter’s Black Kicks

My Mother’s Silver Nugget Ring

My Heart is Red

My Skin is White

& I Am Female

Dual Citizen of  The West:

Half American — Half Canadian

I Will Run Forever

To Be Caught By One

Tiny Little Man

yet to emerge

as My Biggest Half

Loblaws Inc.

Country of Origin:  China

NG Item #:  176888

Description:  TGF2FW8468  Molded Beanboot

CTN. QTY Master:  12 PR

Carton #  915 (inked in) of 4884

UPC Code #  10057846044405

THE HAWK DECK SUPPERTIME

When I was 17

I deliberately lost My Virginity

to a French Brooklyn Jew Drug Dealer

–He was 27–

So tonight I’m making home made Pizza

for Eliza & Her First Serious Boyfriend

Who’s just been met

in Port Clyde

by Father, Aunt & Uncle

& Grandparents

& after the Pizza

They’re driving to Yarmouth

to watch “Campaign”

while I run the Dishwasher

PORTRAIT OF CONSUMERISM

Super Store, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

From Super Store Bathroom Stall

to a toddler:

“Yes, We bought lots —

for Josie, Mom & Dad —

so We won’t run out”

By The Dressing Room

beyond open cartons from China & Cambodia

to a little girl showing off Her Dress:

“Yes, that’s a beautiful dress —

hold onto Your Balloon!”

On The Deck of Rudder’s:

3 burly fishermen

w/ 2 skinny Japanese fish buyers

& One Gull

Who landed on a table

behind Eliza —

My Seventeen-year-old Daughter

Who rode to Yarmouth

with the latest Vogue

open on Her Lap

I came home with a Solid Gold

floor mat

for My Kitchen

 

THE SUN SETTING IS A CELESTIAL OCCURRENCE

God Made That Peach

or Did That Peach

have The Know-how

To Make Itself?

Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

If There Were Nothing

No One Would Know

& There Would Be No Question

Rudder’s, Yarmouth, NS

We are teetering on The Brink

of abandoning God

which We Must Not Do

for then We would Be

Abandoning Ourselves

THE HAWK DECK 8:25pm

Tonight I See

Oh — where did It go?

I See, I Write

an ink blot

White Ink

against a grey page

of Sky

8:39pm

Why on Earth is That Sun taking so Long?

It’s preparing to make a Rainbow

— a full arc with rainbow ripples

on The Inner Edge

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