Thursday, July 30, 2009

tuim wine-bottle -
snail
fir a cork




empty wine-bottle -
snail
for a cork

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

weet hauds a wee -
crans
gae heelster gowdie




a break in the rain -
swifts
loop-the-loop

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

muinlicht
on the pianny keys -
sheddies i the hauf-notes




moonlight
on the piano keys -
shadows in the half-notes
eller berries
baggit bricht
...speuggies' een




elder berries
bulging bright
...sparrows' eyes

Monday, July 27, 2009

wund throuch the treen -
the raggit lip
o a bleckie's sang




wind through the trees -
the ragged edge
of a blackbird's song

Saturday, July 25, 2009

glaizie
i the burd-bath:
lest nicht's onding




glittering
in the bird-bath:
last night's downpour
ootby the exam-ha
the passion flooer's
wimples




outside the exam-hall
the passion flower's
intricacies

Friday, July 24, 2009

swallt
burn:
tidesfou




swollen
stream:
oceansfull

Thursday, July 23, 2009

maws fechtin
the wund -
fedders fawin




gulls fighting
the wind -
feathers falling
simmer hoalidays -
camp-lowe reek
heavin tae the muin




summer vacation -
camp-fire smoke
rising to the moon


(winner: Carribean kukai #5:summer vacation)

Monday, July 20, 2009

retiral -
tentie o aipples
eydently reiddenin




retired -
watching apples
busy reddening

Saturday, July 18, 2009

faw'n rose petal -
a peerie eemock
sclims a reid muntain




fallen rose petal -
a tiny ant
climbs a red mountain

Friday, July 17, 2009

muin-cowpit
rug -
a swan howdin




moon-tilted
tide -
a swan rocking

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

hail watter -
the hameless chiel's
wattered-doon bree




torrents of rain -
the homeless man's
watered-down soup

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

lown dub
a peerie petal faws -
a chitter throuchoot...




still pool
a tiny petal falls -
a shiver throughout...

Monday, July 13, 2009

monastery gairden -
sinflooers'
heids cowpit




monastery garden -
sunflowers'
heads bent


(winner sketchbook kukai: sunflowers)

Saturday, July 11, 2009

a lane bummer
stravaigs
the stoundin flourishins




a solitary bee
wanders
the aching blossoms

Friday, July 10, 2009

gentie deuk -
aneath the scruif
radge paiddlin




elegant duck -
beneath the surface
furious paddling

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

barfit bairns -
ower het stanes
a peerie jeeg




barefoot children -
over hot stones
a little jig

Monday, July 06, 2009

tipperin
atween the cluds:
hern




tip-toeing
between the clouds:
heron
rose
bleemin
...quate pluff




rose
blooming
...silent explosion

Thursday, July 02, 2009

deid i the girse
a bummer - its weengs
gildin ma fingers




dead in the grass
a bee - its wings
gilding my fingers
bleckie chirmin
throuch the treen
a burn




blackbird trilling
through the trees
a stream