Yule  -

cairryin hame the bubbly jock

reestin tae mait the deuks

Christmas  -

carrying home the turkey

stopping to feed the ducks

on the lintel

a fou muin

sheens frae a bing o clinks

on the mantlepiece

a full moon

shines from a pile of coins

daw lift  -

the burn

alowe

dawn sky  -

the stream

on fire

Advent caunle  -

anither inch o licht

i the derkness

Advent candle  -

another inch of light

in the darkness

owernicht thowe  -

the snawman's

on the rin

overnight thaw -

the snowman's

on the run

 frae the hossie winnock

cluds gaither  -

sall we cry thaim a waeness?

from the hospital window

clouds gather  -

shall we call them a sadness?

Yestreen

a gliskit ma faither's haun

raxin oot frae ma ain

last night

I glimpsed  ma father's hand

stretching out from my own