boxing day  -
a disjaskit teddy-bear
quat on a perk bink



boxing day  -
a forlorn teddy-bear
left on a park bench

Yule gifts
in a bing  -
he daffs wi the happins




Christmas gifts
piled high  -
he plays with the wrappings

abuin
the suicide's hoose
a skirlin maw




above
the suicide's house
a keening gull

cosmos  -
fush-een
in a derk dub




cosmos  -
fish-eyes
in a dark pool

on the buss
threy roses
...fegs! yin's a reid rab




on the bush
three roses
...oops! one's a robin

en o term  -
abuin the schuil
geese winnin awa




end of term  -
above the school
geese leaving

parteecularities
o the burn  -
jazz tae himenal




vagaries
of the stream  -
jazz to hymnal

Advent  -
geelt sparks hing,
daw's lowe
weirs amang thaim




Advent  -
frozen raindrops hang,
dawn's flame
passes amongst them

hame frae the kirk  -
the muin's flittit
twa causeys awa




home from church  -
the moon's moved
two streets away

abuin the wa
a topper snuves  -
the cortege wins awa




above the wall
a tile hat glides  -
the cortege sets off