the day a robin
hunkers on the Buddha's heid -
baith hunker in mines
today a robin
sits on the Buddha's head -
both sit in mine
unner the roseir
an egg -
Pace relict (hard-bylt)
under the rosebush
Easter relic (hard-boiled)
Mey Day's
maist sonsie paraud -
echt deuklins in a raw
May Day's
most impressive parade -
eight ducklings in a row
guid wirds fir the warl -
licht glents frae'r rosary
...peerie galaxy
prayers for the world -
light glints from her rosary
...tiny galaxy
a bleckie chirms
the auld gairdner ower
...clud hapt sin
a blackbird sings
the old gardener asleep
...cloud covered sun
anither haijin
gane, gane
tae an airt o nae saisons
another haijin
gone, gone
to a place of no seasons
yince a seed he plantit -
nou a sned brainch
steidyin the auld gairdner
once a seed he planted -
now a cut branch
steadying the old gardener