Saturday, August 31, 2013

donegal mornin
yin lum
reekless




donegal morning -
one chimney
smokeless


(for Seamus Heaney)

Friday, August 23, 2013

the stag
gralloched -
its croun o jaggies




the stag
hung to bleed -
its crown of thorns
shakit
i the wund's teeth:
butteries




shaken
in the wind's teeth:
butterflies
plooms faw
ligg
...peerie purpie hurdies




plums fall
lie
...little purple buttocks

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

furst burthday -
balloons,gulshichs,
an time's smirkin mou




first birthday -
balloons,cakes,
and time's grinning maw

Thursday, August 08, 2013

buddleia
simmer howf
o drucken bees




buddleia
summer tavern
of drunken bees




Tuesday, August 06, 2013

maws
an kitties
the fushin fleet




gulls
and kittiwakes
the fishing fleet
swaws rattlin -
spairge
o tasht watergaws




waves crashing -
spray
of broken rainbows
pea pouin -
faither's skep fou
o apened huils




pea picking -
dad's basket full
of opened pods
quat
i the yalla gowans
an eenin's lowe




left
in the buttercups
an evening's glow