sneddin buddleia -
the nicht
a purpie chack flourishin




pruning buddleia -
tonight
a purple bruise blossoming

craw an me:
twa sheddaes
on the burn




crow and I:
two shadows
on the stream

bag-wifie i the perk -
bairns' sheddaes
sweengin athort'r neb




bag-lady in the park -
childrens' shadows
swinging across her face

the auld kipple
stravaig the olive plantin -
arthritic sheddaes




the old couple
wander the olive grove -
arthritic shadows

tapless strand -
papaya hing
frae the treen




topless beach -
papaya hang
from the trees

pouin lamb's tongues
she fumes
the hail gairden




pulling mint
she perfumes
the whole garden

lavein the kirk -
frae ahint a clud
leams o a monstrance




leaving church -
from behind a cloud
rays of a monstrance

greek waddin
the nervish kipple -
mandoline's trummlin




greek wedding
the nervous couple -
mandoline's trembling

sinny day
haudin by the kirkyaird
...aw thae girnin mort-heids




sunny day
passing the graveyard
...all those grinning skulls

liggin in muinlicht
we neck anely nou,
...hairst's brainches




lying in moonlight
we embrace only now,
...autumnal branches

muin on the puil -
the auld wytress gaithers in
a hinmaist ashet




moon on the pool -
the old waitress gathers in
a last plate

maws an thair sheddaes
wyvein
...tuim nets




gulls and their shadows
weaving
...empty nets

equal-aqual
on the telephone weer:
craw yatterin




balancing
on the telephone wire:
crow chattering

mornin deow
glisters -
the mappie dichts its neb




morning dew
glitters -
the rabbit washes its face

cailleach
pouin brummles -
her blae smirk




old lady
picking brambles -
her blue smile

auld scuil
hauf dung doon:
ghaistly ribs




old school
half demolished:
ghostly ribs

muckle attercap
deid on ma flair:
derk brooch




huge spider
dead on my floor:
dark brooch

he pynts oot the aipples
tae's gran-bairn
...reid chaftit




he points out the apples
to his grandchild
...red cheeked

waukrife nicht -
thrawin stanes
intae the derkness




sleepless night -
throwing stones
into the darkness

hairst -
the ploo'd perk's
glisterin cley




autumn -
the ploughed field's
glittering clay

throuch
the wuid's green licht:
reid aipples




through
the wood's green light:
red apples

roon the aul fowks hame -
leaves
haipin up




round the old folks home -
leaves
piling up

weet cluds gane -
doos' weengs
shakkin the licht




rain clouds gone -
doves' wings
shaking the light

tentie o the sin
gaein doon -
lipstick on'r gless




watching
the sun go down -
lipstick on her glass