wi's razzor
he pynts tae the fou muin -
his sowpied neb




with his razor
he points to the full moon -
his lathered face

gean flourishins -
wizzent
tae myndins




cherry blossoms -
withered
to memories

deid
amang the wrack o's hame:
snail




dead amongst
the ruins of his home:
snail

sin
takkin ma pictur -
bleck on the burn




sun
taking my picture -
monochrome on the stream

kestin
sax - fit sheddaes:
faither's aipple seeds





casting
six-foot shadows:
father's apple seeds

cuppin a haunfou
o muntain burn -
preein cluds




cupping a handful
of mountain stream -
tasting clouds

time fir Kirk -
the priest's collie
yowfin




time for Church -
the priest's sheepdog
barking

scartin the hazelraw
findin ilk scrieve -
grannie's lairstane




scratching the lichen
tracing each letter -
grandmother's headstone

i the cannle-licht
Christ's bouk
queeverin




in the candle-light
Christ's body
quivering


(Ascension Thursday)

argie-bargie
ower breid -
maws ill-tungit




arguing
over bread -
gulls cursing

the treeple o weet -
snails
merchin oot




the drum of rain -
snails
marching out

bawdrons' een
aneath a fou muin
gowkin



cat's eyes
beneath a full moon
unblinking

throuch the wuid's
green licht
the waff o sawins




through the forest's
green light
the smell of sawdust

bleckie's neb
dreepin
voar weet




blackbird's beak
dripping
spring rain

voar weet -
brattlin o cheers
frae the plainstanes cafe




spring rain -
clattering of chairs
from the pavement cafe


(first place Sketchbook kukai)

wizzent burn
stanes
fite banes




dried-up stream
stones
white bones

burdsang
tummlin frae the tree
gean flourish




birdsong
tumbling from the tree
cherry blossom