pandemic  -

a tuim cheer

in monie a hame

pandemic  -

an empty chair

in many a home

frae the fitbaw perk

the ref's fussle  -

a bleckie repones

from the football park

the ref's whistle  -

a blackbird answers

killer i the sinsheen:

bawdrons kids on sloom

aneath the speuggies

killer in the sunshine:

cat feigns sleep

beneath the sparrows

efter Mass

refleckin on the tuim tassie

...fou o sinsheen

after Mass

reflecting on the empty cup

...full of sunshine

on the plainstanes

speuggies hop amang the brainches

in a sheddae warl

on the pavement

sparrows hop among the branches

in a shadow world

Guid friday  -

Reid Rab roon ma feet

its bluid-reid breist

Good friday  -

a robin round my feet

its blood -red breast

 suddentlie

the AH!! mament  -

gean flourish

suddenly

the AH!! moment  -

 cherry blossom

his jab date:

Guid Friday

...the bouk thirlt

his vaccination date:

Good Friday

...the body pierced