equinox:
wund belts a drum
sinflooers ligg druckenly




equinox:
wind beats a drum
sunflowers lie drunkenly

brennin leaves -
reek
thratchin




burning leaves -
smoke
writhing

rodden tree
ableeze
...hearkenin fir Goad's vice





rowan tree
ablaze
...listening for God's voice

cluds haud by -
the windae-cleaner
scoors ilk ane




clouds pass by -
the window-cleaner
scrubs each one

wine an watter
fusperin
intae the chalice




wine and water
whispering
into the chalice

tuscan fooneral:
the bell's slaw chord
...dreepin




tuscan funeral:
the bell's slow chord
...dripping

cypresses -
muckle kirk
on the brae




cypresses -
cathedral
on the hill

a belly-rive
o faw'n fegs -
maukies' rhyme




a feast
of fallen figs -
bluebottles' drone

bomb land
roostie girders skewed
hairst treen




bomb site
rusty girders twisted
autumnal trees

oot frae sheddae
swan's glister -
...jeelous day muin




out from shadow
swan's brilliance -
...jealous day moon

tin tooter blues -
a drouthy boaks
intae the troke bucket




tin horn blues -
a drunk vomits
into the litter-bin

dauncin i the err
haun in haun
...lowpin intae heiven




dancing in the air
hand in hand
...jumping into heaven

(for two young girls)

hairst mornin -
racin bawdrons
fir the sinny cheer




autumn morning -
racing cat
for the sunny chair

bodach
in's walkin-frame -
sheddae o an attercap




old man
in his walking-frame -
shadow of a spider