hern goves

it the stainit-gless winnock

...sunken leaves

heron gazes

at the stained-glass window

...sunken leaves

throuch the haar  -

the soond

o the fish--van's horn

through the mist  -

the sound

of the fish-van's horn

hairst's maple  -

reid leaf-wreaths

autumns' maple  -

red leafdrifts

hairst  -

i the blowster

petals or butteries?

autumn  -

in the gale

petals or butterflies?

a lang--deid rottan  -

its skellet

aye gurlin

a long-dead rat  -

its skeleton

still snarling

leaves faw on the burn  -

settin aff

the hairst mosaic

leaves fall on the stream  -

setting off

the autumnal mosaic

hairst  -

yin butterie an yin bummer

aw day

autumn  -

one butterfly and one bee

all day

efter the waddin

danderin throuch the cloister  

...the creckin o rice

after the wedding

walking through the cloister  

...the cracking of rice

care hame  -

hapt i thair blankets

bidin fir the cluds tae sinder

care home  -

wrapped in their blankets

waiting for the clouds to part

 bawdrons dovers  -

the priest snokes fir a moose

i the scullery

cat sleeps  -

the priest hunts for a mouse

in the kitchen