Saturday, January 30, 2010

she cycles by
her wheels aglister -
sin an muin i the lift




she cycles past
her wheels aglitter -
sun and moon in the sky

Thursday, January 28, 2010

fou muin
at the winnock -
the bairn sooks'r mulk




full moon
at the window -
the child sucks her milk

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

the pallbearers:
nae scrum
sae tichtly bund




the pallbearers:
no scrum
so tightly bound


(for Bill McLaren 1923-2010
rugby commentator and Gentleman)

Monday, January 25, 2010

at the winnock:
craw spreids a weeng
o derk pens




at the window:
crow spreads a wing
of dark quills

Sunday, January 24, 2010

hyacinths
bowlie tae the licht -
the crippilt laddie reflecks




hyacinths
bent to the light -
the crippled boy ponders

Friday, January 22, 2010

peerie dub
tellyscope
tae the heivens




tiny puddle
telescope
to the heavens

Thursday, January 21, 2010

a fund key -
a nock
braks's lown




a found key -
a clock
breaks his silence

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

a dowie tooter -
new orleans kens
...Haiti




a sad cornet -
new orleans knows
...Haiti

Sunday, January 17, 2010

burn in spate -
a reid baw boabbin
airtin fir sundoon




flooded stream -
a red ball bobbing
heading for sunset

Friday, January 15, 2010

wheelchair bund
she flees'r draigon -
her sowl toves




wheelchair bound
she flies her kite -
her soul soars

Thursday, January 14, 2010

waukened
snaw-shuils scartin
thrawin sidelins the hap




wakened
snow-shovels scraping
throwing aside the blanket

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

burds craik -
platches o green
throuch the snaw




birds clamour -
patches of green
through the snow

Friday, January 08, 2010

peerie fite dug
tint i the snaw
...follaein a yalla steid




little white dog
lost in the snow
...following a yellow trail

Thursday, January 07, 2010

wunter -
a
lang eeshogel




winter -
a
long icicle

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

towsy dug
baird fou o snaw -
gye lik masel




shaggy dog
beard full of snow -
very like myself
wunterscape -
oan a fite cannas
inker-bleck treen




winterscape -
on a white canvas
ink-black trees

Monday, January 04, 2010

ne'erday
spyog-prents athort the snaw -
towmond o the teeger




new year's day
paw-prints across the snow -
year of the tiger

Saturday, January 02, 2010

poinsettia
in the ingle agane
bricht lowes




poinsettia
in the hearth again
bright flames

(Mainichi Daily News)