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

an egg  -

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