Thursday, February 26, 2015

mageecian bairn
apens a fan o deuks
at'r feet




magician child
opens a fan of ducks
at her feet

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

fou o tears
the ingan
an me




full of tears
the onion
and I

Thursday, February 19, 2015

voar sinsheen
the maple's brainches skimmer  -
auld banes wairmin




spring sunshine
the maple's branches glitter  -
old bones warming

Sunday, February 15, 2015

her peerie mappie
sclims the wa  -
babbie's fingers i the sin




her little rabbit
climbs the wall  -
baby's fingers in the sun

Thursday, February 12, 2015

sin-worshippers'
weir-daunce
...midges




sun-worshippers'
war-dance
...midges

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

furrin lassie
her suddron puir...
lip-reengs,tung-studs




foreign girl
her english poor...
lip-rings,tongue-studs

Saturday, February 07, 2015

throuch the kirkyaird's
wutherins
a reid spat o life...rab




through the churchyard's
witherings
a red spot of life...robin

Thursday, February 05, 2015

fykie bairn
ye hae nivver seen
hungert een
or bouks licht as licht




fussy child
you've never seen
hungry eyes
or bodies light as light

Wednesday, February 04, 2015

the cailleach's
poke o crottles pluffs
intae a stramash o maws




the old lady's
bag of crumbs explodes
into a chaos of gulls