hairst
blawin in -
pish-the-bed's hinmaist day




autumn
blowing in -
dandelion clock's last day

meditation chaumer
latecomer
tuim mind craiks




meditation room
latecomer
empty mind creaks

doontoon tooter -
ghaists daunce
a whilie




downtown trumpet -
ghosts dance
a while

puddock plowpin
intae the dub
steerin the sterns




frog plopping
into the pond
disturbing the stars

athort the watter
a daunce-baund:
kipples fushtail an snuve




across the river
a dance-band:
couples fishtail and glide

licht reflecks
frae the Guid Buik -
the altar-laddie's neb sheens




light reflects
from the open bible -
the altar-boy's face shines

Kirstenin mornin -
the clematis
strinkles me wi draps




Christening morning -
the clematis
sprinkles me with drops

sweelin wund
feezin aff
the flourishins




swirling wind
unscrewing
the blossoms

watterside treen
cowpt -
fush throuch the brainches




riverside trees
toppled -
fish through the branches

derk watter -
frae a burd
a hert-brakkin sang




dark river -
from a bird
a heart-breaking song

(for Billie Holiday)

furst tryst -
mither's weir-pent
ower's plooks




first date -
mother's make-up
over his acne

steerin
a wesp's byke - skirls
frae the slawest rinner




disturbing
a wasp's nest - screams
from the slowest runner

causey
o duntin umberellaes -
burn o bricht wrack




street
of bumping umbrellas -
stream of bright flotsam

a peerie dug
bowfin
at the wund




a tiny dog
barking
at the wind

a train dirls ower
the airches - hameless
he drames anither life




a train rattles over
the arches - homeless
he dreams anither life

drave boats -
maws
ruggin the err apairt




herring boats -
gulls
tearing the air apart

muinlit vennel -
a wab
o glentin wires




moonlit alley -
a web
of glittering needles

butteries in a raw -
a conga
throuch the gairden




butterflies in a line-
a conga
through the garden

athort the rose petal
yalla beads rowe
...plash transparently




across the rose petal
yellow beads roll
...cascade transparently

auld attercap
wirkin'r wab -
granny wyevin




old spider
working her web -
grandmother knitting

kestin'r breid
the swan wins tae'r -
doontoon Leda




casting her bread
the swan comes to her -
downtown Leda

bikinis
i the gairden
aipples beamin




bikinis
in the garden
apples blushing

mornin incaains
threidin throuch
the maw-greit




morning prayers
threading through
the gull-cry

'FOGGIES' GAIRDEN' -
flooers
cum an gane




'VETERANS' GARDEN' -
flowers
come and gone

muin atween the cluds -
a fite bawdrons
snuves ahint the fence




moon between the clouds -
a white cat
glides behind the fence