auld freen -
oxterin'm
oor banes bairge




old friend -
embracing him
our bones collide

his neb
tint in's baird -
een blae eggs in a nest




his face
lost in his beard -
eyes blue eggs in a nest

ower the palin
ma neebor's sinflooer
...freenly neb




over the fence
my neighbour's sunflower
...friendly face

festival rackets -
hedder-reenges
bleemin




festival fireworks -
hydrangeas
blooming

WANTIN:
a tattie-bogle -
maggies reivin the plooms




WANTED:
a scarecrow -
magpies stealing the plums

furst o oor
hamelt aipples:
oor nebs thrawn




first of our
home-grown apples:
our faces contorted

midnicht -
sirius thrabbin
a dug yowlin




midnight -
sirius pulsing
a dog barking

tiggin's kist -
i the derk wuid
luvin een




touching his coffin -
in the dark wood
loving eyes

the scriddan
gudgin-oot the cleuch -
a butterie jigs throuch




the torrent
gouging-out the gorge -
a butterfly dances through

kirkyaird crucifix -
in Christ's oxter,a wab:
flees speldert




churchyard crucifix -
in Christ's armpit,a web:
flies spreadeagled

stushie
o cou-bells:
flees yokin in




cacophony
of cow-bells:
flies attacking

speirin:
whit's in the kail?
...mongolian een




asking:
what's in the soup?
...mongolian eyes

buddleia
aw wunter mellin
this douceness




buddleia
all winter concocting
this sweetness

fou muin -
the maister
maks a perfit circle




full moon -
the master
makes a perfect circle

day-daw -
the peerie
reid rooster




dawn -
the little
red rooster

i the flesher's shoppie
a bowie o bluid
...roses fir's guidwife




in the butcher's shop
a bucket of blood
...roses for his wife

proggin fir the douceness:
the humminburd
...the luvers




probing for the sweetness:
the hummingbird
...the lovers

circus in toon -
the hallion
pits on's neb




circus in town -
the clown
puts on his face

a cran
soops the cornfield
...sheddae o a heuck




a swift
sweeps the cornfield
...shadow of a sickle

mornin tirl
tinglin the wund-bell -
the maister faws quate




morning breeze
tingling the wind-bell -
the master stops talking