Saturday, December 28, 2013

TROKE DAY -
an airlie bang up
fir the hameless chiel




SALES DAY -
an early rise
for the homeless man
burn in spate -
deuks jookin
aneath the brig




flooded stream -
ducks ducking
beneath the bridge

Friday, December 27, 2013

yule carols
droont oot:
ferris wheelers' skirls




Christmas carols
drowned out:
ferris wheelers' screams

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Yule EEN -
the hostel
fou o yin-time santas




Christmas Eve -
the hostel
full of one-time santas




Friday, December 20, 2013

fou muin -
skeetchers sloom
in tranquility




full moon -
skaters glide
in tranquility

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

nippie hailstanes -
the guitarist's
blae fingers




stinging hailstones -
the guitarist's
blue fingers

Saturday, December 14, 2013

the bodach pensefu -
leaves rowe
throuch the years




the old man musing -
leaves roll
through the years

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

maws fecht ower the bucket
...hameless
he squerrs's shouthers




gulls fight over the dustbin
...homeless
he squares his shoulders

Friday, December 06, 2013

derk roarie day -
no a mensefu burd
tae be gliskit




dark roaring day -
not a sensible bird
to be seen

Thursday, December 05, 2013

roon the wa's
faimlie photies
takkin tent o's deein




round the walls
family photographs
watching him die

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

faither's tree -
speirin oot ma life
alang'ts brainches




father's tree -
tracing my life
along its branches