sweelin oot
the rice pat -
muin i the watter




washing out
the rice pot -
moon in the water

flu meesires -
throuch the chaumer winnock
craw's rispy caw




flu miseries -
through the bedroom window
crow's raspy call

the autistic laddie
conducks's ain carols -
maws beseikin




the autistic boy
conducts his own carols -
gulls beseeching

bawdrons on the palin
his bunt
strapt tae the muin




cat on the fence
his tail
strung to the moon

the hern
an the bodach:
thair boolie-backit sheddaes




the heron
and the old man:
their round-shouldered shadows

yule tree's
fume o pine wuid -
a stag's hystit antlers




Christmas tree's
smell of pine forest -
a stag's raised antlers

attercap doverin
atween twa leaves:
braw hammock




spider asleep
between two leaves:
nice hammock

sneckin aff
the entry licht -
lavein juist the fou muin




switching off
the porch light -
leaving just the full moon

neist
the reid geranium
the auld bawdrons gantin




next to
the red geranium
the old cat yawning

new stogs
leamin
amang the puddock stuils




new tree-stumps
gleaming
among the mushrooms

auld diary
frae warl war 1
a bullet hole




old diary
from world war 1
a bullet hole

faw'n ower -
threy days brennt awa
on the advent caunle




fallen asleep -
three days burnt away
on the advent candle

the dummie:
his watshod een mou
his dug's deid




deaf and dumb:
his tears tell me
his dog is dead

in the cauld
luvers pree:
gravats o braith




in the cold
lovers kiss:
scarves of breath