the gaberlunzie chiel

an the siller birk  -

baith in cloots

the tramp

and the silver birch  -

both in rags

hallae e'en  -

hou treen hunker

i the gloamin

halloween  -

how the trees crouch

in the dusk

Yule ingle  -

poinsettia

an lowpin lowes

Christmas hearth  -

poinsettia

and leaping flames

anither blatter

stickit i the lum  

aw nicht

another storm

stuck in the chimney

all night

days o weet  

the roseir baiten

...bluid-colourt dubs

days of rain  

the rosebush beaten

...blood-coloured puddles

efter the weet

the nakit maple

...pairly keeng

after the rain

the leafless maple

...pearly king

auld baxter

oot fir a smoke  -

fite fuitprents roond the door

old baker

out for a smoke  -

white footprints round the door