Tuesday, August 31, 2010

auld freen -
oxterin'm
oor banes bairge




old friend -
embracing him
our bones collide

Saturday, August 28, 2010

his neb
tint in's baird -
een blae eggs in a nest




his face
lost in his beard -
eyes blue eggs in a nest

Friday, August 27, 2010

ower the palin
ma neebor's sinflooer
...freenly neb




over the fence
my neighbour's sunflower
...friendly face

Sunday, August 22, 2010

festival rackets -
hedder-reenges
bleemin




festival fireworks -
hydrangeas
blooming

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

WANTIN:
a tattie-bogle -
maggies reivin the plooms




WANTED:
a scarecrow -
magpies stealing the plums

Saturday, August 14, 2010

furst o oor
hamelt aipples:
oor nebs thrawn




first of our
home-grown apples:
our faces contorted

Friday, August 13, 2010

midnicht -
sirius thrabbin
a dug yowlin




midnight -
sirius pulsing
a dog barking

Thursday, August 12, 2010

tiggin's kist -
i the derk wuid
luvin een




touching his coffin -
in the dark wood
loving eyes

Friday, August 06, 2010

the scriddan
gudgin-oot the cleuch -
a butterie jigs throuch




the torrent
gouging-out the gorge -
a butterfly dances through

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

kirkyaird crucifix -
in Christ's oxter,a wab:
flees speldert




churchyard crucifix -
in Christ's armpit,a web:
flies spreadeagled
stushie
o cou-bells:
flees yokin in




cacophony
of cow-bells:
flies attacking