twa windae-waashers -
ah suddently mynd
a cataract appintment
two window-cleaners -
i suddenly remember
a cataract appointment
frae the yirthquak's
derk bore - a peerie bairn
...caum it its hamecomin
from the earthquake's
dark hole - a tiny child
...calm at its second birth
hern
humphed
amang the snawdraps
heron
hunched
among the snowdrops
swan preenin -
a bygaun jogger
...her pink pleats
swan preening -
a passing jogger
...her pink pigtails
swans
doverin on the snaw:
asleep on the snow:
wunter mornin -
throuch a lace hinger
jeelt brainches
winter morning -
through a lace curtain
frozen branches
new neebours -
thair bawdrons veesits
weirin a reid boo-tie
new neighbours -
their cat visits
wearing a red bow-tie
hogmanay rackets
brustin bricht fir saiconts
...the leal muin
new year fireworks
bursting bright for seconds
...the constant moon
alang the plainstanes -
Yule treen untinselled
staun neist tae the buckets
along the pavement -
Christmas trees untinselled
stand next to the dustbins