ikebana
on the altar
treenity o carnations




ikebana
on the altar
trinity of carnations

the wund
cleedin'm in clouts -
humphed hern




the wind
dressing him in rags -
hunched heron

in the green tae
her mongolian een -
the tassie's lip her smirk




in the green tea
her mongolian eyes -
the cup's rim her smile

throuch the weet:
maws skirlin
the ceetie fissin




through the rain:
gulls screaming
the city hissing

sin slumpin -
anither heid
amang the puppies




sun sinking -
another head
among the poppies

fundin a sinblink
the dug birls itsel
intae a drame




finding a sunbeam
the dog spins itself
into a dream

fireflaucht
jinkin doon the brae
fite gaits




lightning
zigzagging down the mountain
white goats

ablow the kirk winnock
the priest
stauns in a wattergaw




below the church window
the priest
stands in a rainbow

oot frae's mools
ugsome thrissels:
mools o the torterer




out from his grave
horrendous thistles:
grave of the torturer

sica fricht:
the cot-staun
a tattie-bogle in muinlicht




such a fright:
the coat-stand
a scarecrow in moonlight

in the nicht
a dug yowlin
a bleck dug




in the night
a dog barking
a black dog

burds wappin
the lift
blaer an blaer




birds sweeping
the sky
bluer and bluer

swans
puntin upstream -
easy-osie i thirsels




swans
punting upstream -
laid-back in themselves

on's shall
weet
snail streeks oot yin ee




on his shell
rain
snail stretches out one eye

sin throuch the weet -
a bittie wattergaw
steeks oot frae the bog




sun through the rain -
a piece of rainbow
sticks out from the bog

nicht weirs in -
craws retourin
tae the craw widdie




night approaches -
crows returning
to the crow wood

frae the lily's tooter:
gowden pollen
driftin




from the lily's trumpet:
golden pollen
drifting

the buss aqueever
wi gorblins:
a green wame-fou




the bush aquiver
with nestlings:
a green womb-full

doverin i the perk
a hameless chiel:
lyart wi thrisseldoon




asleep in the park
a homeless man:
grizzled with thistledown

slawer nor confetti:
gean flourish
faws aboot the cailleach




slower than confetti:
cherry blossom
falls about the old lady

roon
the seelent grun
the treen aye hoochin




round
the silent stadium
the trees still cheering

beerial mornin -
a snell wund's
tirlt the gean flourish




funeral morning -
a bitter wind's stripped
the cherry blossom