Wednesday, September 28, 2016

ceetie o stane  -
its dorbies gane langsyne
...gane frae stoor tae stoor




city of stone  -
its masons gone long since
...gone from dust to dust

Sunday, September 25, 2016

altar laddie  -
neist tae the caunle
his fissog blinters




altar boy  -
next to the candle
his face flickers

Thursday, September 22, 2016

hairst  -
the maukie
juist gies up




autumn  -
the bluebottle
just gives up

a furst reid rab
touselt  -
as efter a lang sloum




a first robin
dishevelled  -
as after a long sleep

Monday, September 19, 2016

she raxes
fir an aipple
...the yin narest the muin




she reaches
for an apple
...the one nearest the moon

Saturday, September 17, 2016

muin leukin
... sookin
a pandrap




moon gazing
...sucking
a pandrop

Friday, September 16, 2016

Indian simmer  -
bummers hae sookit
ma pen dry




Indian summer  -
bees have sucked
my pen dry

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

hunkerin
aneath the buddleia
...pairt o the dirrin queir




sitting
beneath the buddleia
...part of the humming choir

Monday, September 12, 2016

,...wi een
as tho aboot tae greit:
dormoose




...with eyes
as though about to cry:
dormouse
cluds jeegsawin
roon the muin
...kelterin wi a koan




clouds jigsawing
round the moon
...struggling with a koan
a lane tree
i the backlands
...burds chirmin juist as doucely




a lone tree
in the ghetto
...birds singing just as sweetly

Wednesday, September 07, 2016

sweet peas
sclimin
the jyle palin




sweet peas
climbing
the prison fence

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

i the doctor's surgery
a paulm tree
...deein




in the doctor's surgery
a palm tree
...dying
creepin eevy
whalms the gairden
...its begowkin flooer




morning glory
engulfs the garden
...its beguiling flower

Friday, September 02, 2016

rottan saunts
throuch a bore i the palin
...it's tail taks langer




rat disappears
through a hole in the fence
...it's tail takes longer

Thursday, September 01, 2016

fou o life  -
thrissildoon
on the souch




full of life  -
thistledown
on the breeze