days o weet  

the roseir baiten

...bluid-colourt dubs

days of rain  

the rosebush beaten

...blood-coloured puddles

efter the weet

the nakit maple

...pairly keeng

after the rain

the leafless maple

...pearly king

auld baxter

oot fir a smoke  -

fite fuitprents roond the door

old baker

out for a smoke  -

white footprints round the door

we delicht i the sin-ryse,

nurse an me

...bluid sclims  the tube

we delight in the sunrise,

nurse and I

...blood climbs  the tube

zen learner

scooryin alang

...her primpit new robe

zen novice

racing along

...her stiff new robe

 Yule hansel?  -

ootleevin anither pair

o shuin's eneuch

Christmas gift?  -

outliving another pair

of shoes is enough

a tap dreeps  -

yatterin on

it the bodach

a tap drips  -

nagging on

at the old man