weir cairn  -

stanes  thit wur glaur yince

beir thair nems

war memorial  -

stones that were mud once

bear their names

(Armistice day 2025)

the muin keeks roon the chimley -

the bodach

less lanely nou

the moon peeps round the chimney  -

the old man

less lonely nou

i the kirk gairden

tentie o the thrum

o the rosary

in the church garden

hearing the hum

of the rosary

daw  -  yonder

streetchin weengs semyphore:

swans

dawn  -  in the distance

stretching wings semaphore:

swans

forenent the ferris wheel

hameless tents  

its sheddae rowes ower thaim

opposite the ferris wheel

homeless tents  

its shadow rolls over them

twa doos

it houghmagandie  -

mair lik a fecht

two pigeons

mating  -

more like a fight

 hairst  -

abuin the burn

midgies' hinmaist daunce

autumn  -

above the stream

midges' last dance