auld freen -
oxterin'm
oor banes bairge




old friend -
embracing him
our bones collide

his neb
tint in's baird -
een blae eggs in a nest




his face
lost in his beard -
eyes blue eggs in a nest

ower the palin
ma neebor's sinflooer
...freenly neb




over the fence
my neighbour's sunflower
...friendly face

festival rackets -
hedder-reenges
bleemin




festival fireworks -
hydrangeas
blooming

WANTIN:
a tattie-bogle -
maggies reivin the plooms




WANTED:
a scarecrow -
magpies stealing the plums

furst o oor
hamelt aipples:
oor nebs thrawn




first of our
home-grown apples:
our faces contorted

midnicht -
sirius thrabbin
a dug yowlin




midnight -
sirius pulsing
a dog barking

tiggin's kist -
i the derk wuid
luvin een




touching his coffin -
in the dark wood
loving eyes

the scriddan
gudgin-oot the cleuch -
a butterie jigs throuch




the torrent
gouging-out the gorge -
a butterfly dances through

kirkyaird crucifix -
in Christ's oxter,a wab:
flees speldert




churchyard crucifix -
in Christ's armpit,a web:
flies spreadeagled

stushie
o cou-bells:
flees yokin in




cacophony
of cow-bells:
flies attacking