Saturday, August 16, 2025

 the cailleach

feart o'r neebours

...wesps' byke




the old lady

afraid of her neighbours

...wasps' byke

Friday, August 15, 2025

rin -doon pairt o toon  -

e'en the rodden berries

ur stoorie




run-down part of town  -

even the rowan berries

are dusty


Thursday, August 14, 2025


unner the gizzent leaves

the butterie hunkers 

in a tuim burd bath




under the shrivelled leaves

the butterfly sits

in an empty bird bath




Wednesday, August 13, 2025

haitwave  -

the bodach an the flooers

wultin




heatwave  -

the old man and the flowers

wilting


Monday, August 11, 2025

this year

the flooers stound

fir a bummer's pree




this year

the flowers ache

for a bee's kiss

Thursday, August 07, 2025

craw hunkers wi me  -

a fusper tae'm

whiles he nid-nods




crow sits with me  -

I whisper to him

sometimes he nods

Sunday, August 03, 2025

Gaza  - whaur the warl 

daffs it jack straws

wi bairns' banes



Gaza  -  where the world

plays Jack straws

with chldrens' bones