hallae e'en  

wutchies it the doors  -

yin hoosehauder hidin

halloween

witches at the doors  -

one householder hiding

scunnert youthlins  -

on the stamed bus winnock

nochts an corses

bored youngsters  -

on the steamed bus window

noughts and crosses

hairst leaves

i the weet  -

bonnie causey airt

autumn leaves

in the rain

beautiful street art

leaves faw

ligg

wi the hameless

leaves fall

lie

with the homeless

blatter  --

dreevin the gentie maser

gyte

storm  -

driving the gentle acer

mad

whaur the derk lift

trysts wi the derk watter:

a keyhole o licht...swan

where the dark sky

meets the dark water:

a keyhole of light...swan

the scales an chords

o the blatter

blawin throuch the toon

the scales and chords

of the storm

blowing through the town

oot frae Mass  -

tentie o craw

dookin's breid i the burn

out from Mass  -

watching crow

dipping its bread in the stream

hern's

lang spirlie shanks

...shilpit ballerina

heron's

long thin legs 

...skinny ballerina

hairst  -

acer leaves reid nebbed

it the nakitness

autumn  -

acer leaves red faced

at the nakedness

 wundfaw  -

athort the green

aipples boolin alang

windfall  -

across the lawn

apples bowling along

ilka day

a'm claucht  -

wab threids in ma mou

every day

I'm caught  -

web threids in my mouth

years gang by  -

frae ilk watterside

sauchs it last tiggin

years go by  -

from each riverbank

willows at last touching

laich sin  -

ma sheddae

danders aside me

low sun  -

my shadow

walks beside me

peer tree sindial

streetchin

fir oors

pear tree sundial

stretching

for hours

the jeely rowe

o staunin

on a hodden slug

the jelly roll

of standing

on an unseen slug

jinkin

lik a drouthie  -

snails a'whaur

zigzagging

like a drunk  -

snails  everywhere

hairst  -

a hinmaist waasp

ower forfochen tae stang

autumn  -

a last wasp

too tired to sting

hairst

taks haud  

...runklin leaves

autumn

takes hold  

...curling leaves

monastery bawdrons

on's alms traik  -

the flesher, the baxter...

monastery cat

on his alms journey  -

the butcher,the baker...