feenished quarryin the wurds

the cairn biggit

...rist in'ts shade

finished quarrying the words

the megalith built

...rest in its shade

( for Gabriel Rosenstock)

in a derk neuk

o plaguit yirth

a singul daffin glowes

in a dark corner

of plagued earth

a single daffodil glows

i the camellia buss

Reid Rab's nestin

...buds reiddenin

in the camellia bush

the robin is nesting

...buds reddening

 i the gairden

a burd chirms its hert oot

an conduks wi's tail

in the garden

a bird sings its heart out

and conducts with its tail

nicht's weet aye hings

on nakit brainches  -

sin sheens throuch a glessy tree

night's rain still hangs

on naked branches  -

sun shines through a glassy tree

hern hunkers lik a bodach  -

a plowp!

an he's youthie agane

heron sits like an old man  -

a plop!

and he's young again

daffins

the furst year set aff lang syne

...thair sheenin nebs

daffodils

the first year planted long ago

,,,their shining faces

hern an me  -

craigs beeried, humphy-backit

i the snell wund

heron and I  -

necks buried, humpbacked

in the cold wind

rowein thunner

an streengs o weet

...a caumin sitar

rolling thunder

and strings of rain

...a calming  sitar