faither's but-an-ben
aw sticks an staves -
fusslin i the wund




father's cottage
in ruins -
whistling in the wind

weir-riven ceetie -
oot ower the flagpole
maw spreids'r fite weengs




war-torn city -
on top of the flagpole
gull spreads her white wings

in yin ivvergreen
backlan:
maggis,craws,bleckies,maws




in one evergreen
tenement:
magpies,crows,blackbirds,gulls

tapsalteerie blue bonnet
tentie
o the tapsalteerie makar




upsidedown blue tit
watching
the upsidedown poet

fou muin -
licht
at the en o the cundie




full moon -
light
at the end of the tunnel

wund throuch
the bombed-oot hames -
dowie chanter




wind through
the bombed-out homes -
sad flute

the bodach
hirples alang -
bonnie kirstals growe in's bluid




the old man
hobbles along -
beautiful crystals grow in his blood

cluds,
wund wirkit
...thunner o cluifs




clouds,
wind herded
...thunder of hooves

en
o a vaige upstream:
speirins o a hamecomin




end
of a journey upstream:
news of a birth

throu the fooneral:
the soun o mizzlin frost
jynin the muckle burn




during the funeral:
the sound of melting ice
joining the great stream

kirk swaree -
the crippilt cailleach
dauncin




church social -
the crippled lady
dancing

wunter lift
panderin
amang the firs




winter sky
drifting
amongst the pines

ne'erday -
a dub o boak
i the set o africa




new year's day -
a puddle of vomit
in the shape of africa