pleuch sock
sheenin i the sin
...a maw's weeng




ploughshare
shining in the sun
...a gull's wing

the cailleach's yett
moose wabt:
lyart wi thrisseldoon




the old lady's gate
spider webbed:
hoary with thistledown

sindoon -
she rugs a reid threid
throuch her flooerin




sunset -
she draws a red thread
through her embroidery

i the shed
o a sparred pailin: bawdrons
drames o bein a teeger




in the shade
of a slatted fence: cat
dreams of being a tiger

sicht o the killin -
a maw sclices bin-bags
insides skail oot




site of the murder -
a gull slices trash-bags
insides spill out

the mawkie rists -
sin glisters on's
batterin-ram heid




the bluebottle rests -
sun glitters on his
battering-ram head

apenin the door
tae the
gairden's bizzin




opening the door
to the
garden's buzzing

snowkin the buddleia:
ma neb
amang bummers' weengs




sniffing the buddleia:
my nose
amongst bees' wings

the tuim chaumer -
aroon the vause
petals heapin




the empty room -
around the vase
petals piling

on pailin weers
sparks: bricht spatrils
on a stave




on fence wires
raindrops: bright notes
on a stave

...weshin's caur -
snail coories up
tae the laiky hose




...washing his car -
snail cuddles up
to the leaky hose

throuch ramstam traffeck:
a bummer
...stourin




through rush-hour traffic:
a bee
...rushing

hen-pairty:
pentit cougirls whoop!
a paircel o cluds oxter by




hen-party:
painted cowgirls whoop!
a herd of clouds jostle past

throuch an apen winnock
a pairtie -
flooers haud up thair tassies




through an open window
a party -
flowers hold up their cups

furst daunce:
bride's divorcit pawrents -
laser-licht's fause wattergaw




first dance:
bride's divorced parents -
laser-light's phony rainbow

neebors'
stoundin maisic:
snail snuils intae's shall




neighbours'
pounding music:
snail cringes into his shell

peth o the scunger:
fa'n
rose petals




path of the prowler:
fallen
rose petals

in the green tae
mongolian een
...aboot tae teem




in the green tea
mongolian eyes
...about to pour

ristit on bin-bags
he maits's crippilt laddie:
chopsticks pickin




rested on trash-bags
he feeds his handicapped son:
chopsticks pecking

roses' heids
abuin the wa
...geeglin




roses' heads
above the wall
...giggling

midnicht tod
throuch the dubbit causey:
his bunt thrawin the muin




midnight fox
through the puddled street:
his brush distorting the moon

in a scuggit neuk:
a pish-the-bed-knock
...stapt




in a shaded corner:
a dandelion-clock
...stopped

a rose petal faws -
the leprone
hunkers trummlin




a rose petal falls -
the baby rabbit
sits trembling

Bach's Cello Suites
lave the chaumer -
corn-shanks trummlin




Bach's Cello Suites
leave the room -
corn-stalks trembling

craw's heid stucken
in a crisp-poke -
...muted tooter




crow's head stuck
in a crisp-packet -
...muted trumpet

unchancie hauflins -
the gangrel slumps
intae the howe o's baird




dangerous youths -
the tramp sinks
deeper into his beard