the sin muives cannily

alang a wab threid

...shoogly tichtrope

the sun moves carefully

along a web thread

...shaky tightrope

i the gairden

tentie o life streetchin

intae its simmer claes

in the garden

watching life stretching

into its summer  clothes

Madonna stookie

bi the burd-bath  -

aw the burds boo doon

Madonna statue

by the bird-bath  -

all the birds bow down

happin the haugh

wull garlic

...voar confetti

covering the riverbank

wild garlic

...spring confetti

efter his faw

anither blae medal

on granfaither's chist

after his fall

another blue medal

on grandfather's chest

sinblinks throuch the kirk winnock  -

incense reek hurls on thain

aye upwarts

sunbeams through the church window  -

incense smoke rides them

ever upwards

the luve

o the blin dug

caws me doon

the love

of the blind dog

bowls me over

a jeelin wund an sin

fechtin it oot  -

wunter juist wullnae gae doon

an icy wind and sun

slugging it out  -

winter just will not go down