zen speug

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:19:00 +0000

furst tae wauken:
liggin hearkenin
tae'r drame

first to waken:
lying listening
to her dream

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:27:00 +0000

speirins o a daith -
the nicht the muin an e
baith i thair founess

news of a death -
tonight the moon and he
both in their fullness

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0000

fou muin:
preese tae gae intil
the fite gairden

full moon:
press to enter
the white garden

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:15:00 +0000

rodside siesta -
sin
amang the leemons

roadside siesta -
sun
among the lemons

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:09:00 +0000

ower the kirkyaird waa
a lown sey
boatties at rist

over the churchyard wall
a calm sea
boats at rest

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:02:00 +0000

bodachs
gove seywarts -
sey-skimmer i thair een

old men
gaze seawards -
sea-glitter in their eyes

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:07:00 +0000

leaves faw
ontae the puil
pianissimo

leaves fall
onto the pool
pianissimo

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:09:00 +0000

thair laddie deid
...aye settin the brod
fir threy

their son dead
...still setting the table
for three

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:12:00 +0000

tichtenin bowts
oan the ferris wheel:
fankilt skirls lowsit

tightening bolts
on the ferris wheel:
trapped screams freed

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:38:00 +0000

Yule treen
daikert - reid
aipples hing i the orchard

Christmas trees
decorated - red
apples hang in the orchard

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:34:00 +0000

daunerin oot
wi thair new bairn -
oosie cluds panderin

strolling out
with their new baby -
fluffy clouds drifting

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0000

throuch the treen
the wund
threipin an aul sang

through the trees
the wind
telling an old story

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:26:00 +0000

tirran's smirk -
glent
o pikit weer

tyrant's smile -
glint
of barbed wire

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22:00 +0000

freest -
follaein a sinblink
throuch skitie causeys

frost -
following a sunbeam
through slippery streets

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:21:00 +0000

swans -
twa cailleachs
blether

swans -
two old ladies
gossip

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:38:00 +0000

abuin the burn:
troot's
siller simmersets

above the stream:
trout's
silver somersaults

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:50:00 +0000

leaves jyne
fern year's leaves -
maitin the ruit

leaves join
last year's leaves -
feeding the root

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:18:00 +0000

hallae e'en
ghaist at the winnock
...fou muin

halloween
ghost at the window
...full moon

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:00 +0000

equinox:
wund belts a drum
sinflooers ligg druckenly

equinox:
wind beats a drum
sunflowers lie drunkenly

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:13:00 +0000

brennin leaves -
reek
thratchin

burning leaves -
smoke
writhing

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:30:00 +0000

rodden tree
ableeze
...hearkenin fir Goad's vice

rowan tree
ablaze
...listening for God's voice

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:17:00 +0000

cluds haud by -
the windae-cleaner
scoors ilk ane

clouds pass by -
the window-cleaner
scrubs each one

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:04:00 +0000

wine an watter
fusperin
intae the chalice

wine and water
whispering
into the chalice

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:49:00 +0000

tuscan fooneral:
the bell's slaw chord
...dreepin

tuscan funeral:
the bell's slow chord
...dripping

noreply@blogger.com (John McDonald) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:47:00 +0000

cypresses -
muckle kirk
on the brae

cypresses -
cathedral
on the hill