wab
fingerprentin
the haar




web
fingerprinting
the mist

hern
fest wi the jazz
o the burn




heron
engrossed in the jazz
of the stream

she steeks a gornal
ontae ma sark
...hyne awa muin




she sews a button
onto my shirt
...distant moon

aipples
aye on the tree -
a bairn's teethmerks




apples
still on the tree -
a child's toothmarks

fou muin -
on the cunyie
a hooer's paewae neb




full moon -
on the corner
a prostitute's pale face

hairst -
ower faw'n fegs
bawdrons an wesp scoorin




autumn -
over fallen figs
cat and wasp sparring

gran-bairn's veesit -
the morn
a 'super-glue' day




grandchild's visit -
tomorrow
a 'super-glue' day

thair shanks
a dour ABC -
deid jenny-nettles




their legs
a grim alphabet -
dead crane flies

hairst -
throuch the wuids
a gowden burn




autumn -
through the woods
a golden stream


(Mainichi Daily News)

the makar's but-an-ben:
nae Telly
juist a clog ingle




the poet's cottage:
no T.V.
just a log fire