Tuesday, July 30, 2019

laid aff
he hunkers
happin a bottle o drames




redundant
he sits
nursing a bottle of dreams

Sunday, July 28, 2019

efter the blowster
sparks dreepin reid
frae the aipples




after the storm
raindrops dripping red
from the apples

Saturday, July 27, 2019

thunner
lichtnin  -
a bedraigilt bummer




thunder
lightning  -
a bedraggled bee

Thursday, July 25, 2019

her fite communion dress
her gowden powny-tail
...a lit caunle




her white communion dress
her golden pony-tail
...a lit candle

Monday, July 15, 2019

auld hern gane  -
anely's keech
on the watterside bowder




old heron gone  -
only his droppings
on the riverside boulder

Friday, July 12, 2019

thunner-plump  -
auld cundie gluggin
...soond o droonin




thunderstorm  -
old drain gurgling
...sound of drowing




Wednesday, July 10, 2019

a daith ilka meenit -
crans
skiff the burn




a death every minute  -
swifts
skim the stream

Tuesday, July 09, 2019

a skelloch
i the nicht  -
a gnap oot o the muin




a scream
in the night  -
a bite out of the moon

Monday, July 08, 2019

on the waashin-line
his superman outfit
...mither kens best




on the washing-line
his superman suit
...mother knows best
wi yin inbraith
hern concertinas
frae dowdie tae eligant




with one inbreath
heron  concertinas
from ragged to elegant