swan
happit in a sloom -
panderin muin




swan
wrapped in sleep -
drifting moon

scaffolder
thrang amang's branderin
...craw reddin rice




scaffolder
busy amongst his tubes
...crow arranging twigs

magnolia tree
throuch the winnock
caunleabrum




magnolia tree
through the window
candelabrum

draigon-fleein -
faither hauds's laddie's
cot-tail




kite-flying -
father holds his son's
coat-tail


(2nd place Caribbean kukai #12)

tai chi
aneath the treen -
the hern hings on yin tram




tai chi
beneath the trees -
the heron balances on one leg

wark sang:
bummers souch
throuch the gairden




work song:
bees drone
through the garden

the hameless wifie
trauchles -
pokes fou o wund




the homeless lady
trudges -
bags full of wind

deid tod -
wund herps
throuch its banes




dead fox -
wind harps
through its bones

tentie
o the turtles soomin -
monks' bauldie-heids




watching
the turtles swimming -
monks' bald heads

aneath'r,
twa eggs:
swans fir anither makar




beneath her,
two eggs:
swans for another poet

gean flourish -
pluffs o braith
oan the mornin err




cherry blossom -
puffs of breath
on the morning air

the bodach
cuiterin's hingower -
pikie sheddaes on the burn




the old man
nursing his hangover -
jagged shadows on the stream

fankilt agin the lozen:
bummer's feem
fous the chaumer




trapped against the pane:
bee's anger
fills the room

agin a blae back-drap -
yin clud
ackin monie pairts




against a blue back-drop -
one cloud
acting many parts

cluds stourin -
the auld collie
bowfin




clouds racing -
the old sheepdog
barking

muin
i the burn
...pirlin banjo




moon
in the stream
...rippling banjo