St Paddy's day
doon wi the flu  - leastwise
 the watter's in a Guiness gless




St Patrick's day
down with the flu  -  at least
the water's in a Guiness glass

i the derk lift
sternbrusts...
nicht-shift walders




in the dark sky
starbursts...
night-shift welders

bodachs
daffin it the banes  -
knackin the day awa




old men
playing dominoes  -
clicking the day away

clachan tempel  -
fruit left fir the monks
fush banes fir bawdrons




village temple  -
fruit left for the monks
fish bones for cat

suddent stound -
ma laddie's photy
o an auld bodach




sudden shock  -
my son's photograph
of an old man

Buddha's gairden  -
fasht thochts caulmed
...koi




Buddha's garden  -
troubled thoughts calmed
...koi

frae stug
tae stug
the sin wins in tae the wuid




from stump
to stump
the sun enters the forest

throuch sweyin treen
spires o the college
...unyeldin




throu swaying trees
spires of the college
...unyielding

muinlicht
on the birkenshaw
...ghaistly gavotte




moonlight
on the birchwood
...ghostly gavotte

furst day o voar  -
lowsin the dug
he flinders ilka dub




first day of spring  -
freeing the dog
he splinters every puddle

voar bulbs
lichtin up
the gairden




spring bulbs
lighting up
the garden

eemigrant
phone haurd tae's lug
...tozie soonds o hame




immigrant
phone hard to his ear
...warm sounds of home

Valentine tryst   -
her smirk
...voar winin in




Valentine date   -
her smile
...spring approaching


(for Ann)

on the braetap
a deid stag
...brainches i the muinlicht




on the hilltop
a dead stag
...branches in the moonlight

saisons
waldit thegither
...geelt leaves




seasons
welded together
...frozen leaves

raxin frae
the biggin sicht's glaur:
daffins




struggling from
the building site's mud:
daffodils

amang the incaain flags
rab's
reid yin




among the prayer flags
the robin's
red one

snawdraps  -
blate
as ivver




snowdrops  -
shy
as ever

the burn wins tae me
an wins awa frae me:
it's tuim stance




the stream arrives at me
and leaves from me:
its empty terminus

nichtfaw  -
mang gothic brainches
craws drame




nightfall  -
among gothic branches
crows dream