Voar ferr  -
crans
ding-dangin




Spring fair  -
swifts
helter-skeltering

ahint the graffitied waa:
the kirk's lown 
unscufft...unscuffable




behind the graffitied wall:
the church's silence 
untouched...untouchable

tick tock...
the bombed bairn
pendles on's stilts




tick tock...
the bombed child
pendulums on his crutches

monks
cleedit in fite
pensefu caunles




monks
robed in white
wistful candles

amang the bleck swans
yin fite yin 
muin an cluds




among the black swans
one white one 
moon and clouds

day-daw cushat,
eenin bleckie  -  an atween:
The Magnificat




dawn wood-pigeon,
evening blackbird  -  and between:
The Magnificat


(Clare priory pilgrimage)

maw  -
the fite kinches
o's cantrips




gull  -
the white loops
of his antics