monastery bawdrons

on's alms traik  -

the flesher, the baxter...

monastery cat

on his alms journey  -

the butcher,the bakery...

throuch the leaves

persimmons keekin  -

a laich yin tuith-merkit

through the leaves

persimmons peeping  -

a lower one tooth-marked

 the yirdin bell

draps slawly throuch the err  

the day: 9/11

the funeral bell

drops slowly through the air  

today: 9/11

janglin bells...

fuitsteps

stoorin tae Mass

jangling bells...

footsteps

racing to Mass

 butterie

ristin on the gairden hose

...the thrab o life

butterfly

resting on the garden hose

...the throb of life

 a ruinage re-chartit  -

the maister nou wins awa

on's boattie

ruins re-charted  -

the master now leaves

on his boat

MEMORIAL:

(BRIAN LOWERY OSA 1941-2019)

sic waarmth  -

e'en the butteries

glidin mair nor uisual

such heat  -

even the butterflys

gliding more than usual

gairden shed

hapt in hinniesickle

...bummers' boom boax

garden hut

covered in honeysuckle

...bees' boom box