Monday, November 30, 2009

fou muin:
preese tae gae intil
the fite gairden




full moon:
press to enter
the white garden

Sunday, November 29, 2009

rodside siesta -
sin
amang the leemons




roadside siesta -
sun
among the lemons

Saturday, November 28, 2009

ower the kirkyaird waa
a lown sey
boatties at rist




over the churchyard wall
a calm sea
boats at rest

Friday, November 27, 2009

bodachs
gove seywarts -
skimmer i thair een




old men
gaze seawards -
glitter in their eyes

Thursday, November 19, 2009

leaves faw
ontae the puil
pianissimo




leaves fall
onto the pool
pianissimo

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

thair laddie deid
...aye settin the brod
fir threy




their son dead
...still setting the table
for three

Saturday, November 14, 2009

tichtenin bowts
oan the ferris wheel:
fankilt skirls lowsit




tightening bolts
on the ferris wheel:
trapped screams freed

Friday, November 13, 2009

Yule treen
daikert - reid
aipples hing i the orchard




Christmas trees
decorated - red
apples hang in the orchard
daunerin oot
wi thair new bairn -
oosie cluds panderin




strolling out
with their new baby -
fluffy clouds drifting

Thursday, November 12, 2009

throuch the treen
the wund
threipin an aul sang




through the trees
the wind
telling an old story

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

tirran's smirk -
glent
o pikit weer




tyrant's smile -
glint
of barbed wire

Monday, November 09, 2009

freest -
follaein a sinblink
throuch skitie causeys




frost -
following a sunbeam
through slippery streets

Saturday, November 07, 2009

swans -
twa cailleachs
blether




swans -
two old ladies
gossip

Thursday, November 05, 2009

abuin the burn:
troot's
siller simmersets




above the stream:
trout's
silver somersaults
leaves jyne
fern year's leaves -
maitin the ruit




leaves join
last year's leaves -
feeding the root

Sunday, November 01, 2009

hallae e'en
ghaist at the winnock
...fou muin




halloween
ghost at the window
...full moon