byler bylin  -
the bairn skirls
at arabesques o steam




kettle boiling  -
the child squeals
at arabesques of steam

a singul straik  -
hern raxin
frae yirth tae lift




a single stroke  -
heron stretching
from earth to sky

twa staps
in'r zimmer
...yince queen o the jive




two steps
in her zimmer
...once queen of the jive

sheddaes:
calligraphy o cheer-legs
throuch's preachin




shadows:
calligraphy of chair-legs
during his sermon

pairtin
wi ghaists agane
the blues




sharing
with ghosts again
the blues

burn in spate  -
rodden berries
dichtit




flooded stream  -
rowan berries
washed clean

addict  -
cuddlin the rose
bleedin frae the breer




addict  -
hugging the rose
bleeding from the thorn

turnt tae the muin  -
her bricht
smirkin neb




turned to the moon  -
her bright
smiling face

her auld dug's deid  -
ilka day
she straivaigs its ghaist




her old dog is dead  -
every day
she walks its ghost

aw saints' day  -
a witchie's bunnet
rowes alang the causey




all saints' day  -
a witch's hat
rolls along the street

maple tree
leafless  -
derk arteries




maple tree
leafless  -
dark arteries

tea wi the abbot  -
straeberry jeely
on's chin




tea with the abbot  -
strawberry jam
on his chin

a bing
o nebless
pumpkins




a pile
of expressionless
pumpkins