Tuesday, July 31, 2012

weedin pish-the-beds  -
his fite heid
amang fite heids




weeding dandelions  -
his white head
amongst white heads

Monday, July 30, 2012

on ilka wa
the graffiti
o sodgers' sheddaes




on every wall
the graffiti
of soldiers' shadows

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

deid moose  -
yince sae blate
the day landlord tae unco fowk




dead mouse  -
once so shy
today host to strangers

Sunday, July 22, 2012

furst granbairn  -
crans wappin dosses
ower the hansel




first grandchild  -
swifts tying bows
over the gift
ablow the meypole
she breist-feeds'r bairn
...cosmic wab




below the maypole
she breast-feeds her child
...cosmic web

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

on the burn
a bricht wattergaw  -
fume o diesel




on the stream
a bright rainbow  -
smell of diesel

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

it the sushi coonter
sautit braze  -
myndin her tears




at the sushi counter
salted bream  -
remembering her tears
the ferm-wife's washin
stringit atween twa treen  -
braw bloomers




the farm-wife's washing
strung between two trees  -
fine bloomers
his bluid jinks
throuch the vennel's causies
...seelant syncopation




his blood zigzags
through the cobbled alley
...silent syncopation

(FOR CHET BAKER)

Thursday, July 05, 2012

cowpin the rose
tae snowk  -
plowt o rainwatter




tipping the rose
to smell  -
cascade of rainwater