abuin
a wizzent shank
the peerie bairn's smirk




above
a withered stalk
the tiny child's smile

cluds riven -
on the burn
blae cloots




clouds torn apart -
on the stream
blue patches

cicadas
deepenin
the wuid's lown




cicadas
deepening
the forest's silence

(3rd place sketchbook kukai: cicadas)

efter the fleed:
treen hingit
wi fremmit flourish




after the flood:
trees hung
with strange blossom

jazz club
dung doon -
the wund greetin-faced




jazz club
demolished -
the wind moaning

leaf snaggit
on a wab-threid -
hairst draigon




leaf caught
on a web-thread -
autumn kite

brustin throuch a wab:
the postie
bringin uncos




bursting through a web:
the postman
bringing news

efter
the delvin's duin:
furst Reid Rab




after
the digging's done:
a first robin

hingin on blae weengs
the hern draps
intae the makar's mind




hanging on blue wings
the heron drops
into the poet's mind

aff tae weir:
his dwinin set
bouk o a bullet hole




off to war:
his fading shape
size of a bullet hole

i the dentist's
wytin chaumer:
a gawpin reid rose




in the dentist's
waiting room:
a gaping red rose

dubs:
makkin a jeegsaw
o the lift




puddles:
making a jigsaw
of the sky

weet agane -
snail an son
sloom athort the winnock




rain again -
snail and son
chasse across the window

traffic scooryin -
dubs lowp
clap tae bygaun fowk




traffic racing -
puddles leap
cling to passers-by

dreich day -
lairnin tae yaise'r wand
the blin cailleach's smirk
spreids




dull day -
learning to use her cane
the blind lady's smile
spreads

fou muin
...ma tae keeks oot
frae a rive i ma hose




full moon
...my toe peeps out
from a hole in my sock

sneddin buddleia -
the midden
snowkin douce




pruning buddleia -
the compost heap
smelling sweet