airlie mornin maw -
a craikin door
apens intae voar




early morning gull -
a creaking door
opens into spring

the bodach sets doon -
doodles
wi the cluds




the old man sits down -
doodles
with the clouds

waukrife -
his pillae
fou o vices




sleepless -
his pillow
full of voices

a tirl -
daffins heeld
lips tae lugs




a gentle breeze -
daffodils lean
lips to ears

sea braise -
its dowie een
i the sinlicht




sea bream -
its sad eyes
in the sunlight

furst gean flourish:
a'ready
rowin awa




first cherry blossom:
already
rolling away

the cailleach
thraws up'r leerie -
magnolia flourish




the old lady
turns-up her lamp -
magnolia blossom

abuin the blues howff:
skimmerin skeengies
o lichtnin




above the blues club:
shimmering strings
of lightning

new tramwey -
in heich brainches
punlers yatterin




new tramway -
in high branches
lumberjacks chattering

i the perk:
a youthie collie
ettles tae haud the craws




in the park:
a young sheepdog
tries to round up the crows

merch wunds -
a bygaun clud
a muckle swan




march winds -
a passing cloud
a huge swan

immigrants
daffin at the baw -
lauchter amang the burdsang




immigrants
playing football -
laughter amongst the birdsong

frae ahint cluds
the sin -
a bob o daffins




from behind clouds
the sun -
a posy of daffodils

he shops -
she coories, tentie
o the derk craws gaitherin




he shops -
she sits, watching
the dark crows gathering

swan i this peerie dub:
preein the tide
i the weet




swan in this tiny pond:
tasting the ocean
in the rain

airlie mornin dauner -
the err guffin
o brent tost




early morning stroll -
the air smelling
of burnt toast

daffins:
voar
drames




daffodils:
spring
dreams

in a thrang causey:
the seelence
o leaves unfurlin




in a busy street:
the silence
of leaves unfurling

voar yirdin -
cannily intae the yirth
cannily hapt




spring funeral -
carefully into the earth
carefully covered

anither auld fere's
cremation -
feelin the hait




another old friend's
cremation -
feeling the heat

furst gean flourishins:
threy anely
tae kinnle the brainch




first cherry blossoms:
three only
to kindle the branch

licht throuch a hinmaist
vause o daffins
lichtens's oorie een




light through a last
vase of daffodils
brightens his fearful eyes

abuin the sheuch
navvies' heids -
bricht meysies




above the trench
labourers' heads -
bright primroses