covid-19  -

bygaun the beauticians'

 ...tuim keekin glesses glowerin

covid-19  -

passing the beauticians'

...empty mirrors staring

juist be!

wi the renuncin

as gean flourish faws

just be!

with the surrender

as cherry blossom falls

 readin i the gairden  -

 bummer's sheddae

... a fou stap

reading in the garden  -

bee's shadow

...a full stop

.

In a snell wund

the tosieness

o gean flourish

in a bitter wind

the warmth

of cherry blossom

burds stoor

tae thayr nests

...guis-stappin maggies.

birds race

to their nests

...goose-stepping magpies

pandemic  -

a tuim cheer

in monie a hame

pandemic  -

an empty chair

in many a home

frae the fitbaw perk

the ref's fussle  -

a bleckie repones

from the football park

the ref's whistle  -

a blackbird answers