yin haun he quat
in Helmand  -  wi the
ither he gaithers dowts




one hand he left
in Helmand  -  with the
other he gathers fag-ends

hurkle-bane surgery  -
on the wa
Degas' ballerinas




hip replacement surgery  -
on the wall
Degas' ballerinas

Swan Lake  -
she snuves athort
the widden watter




Swan Lake  -
she glides across
the wooden water

i the gairden
faither an bleckie
colloguin




in the garden
father and blackbird
talking

dumpin's baw

heich the err

...day o an eclipse

kicking his ball

high in the air

...day of an eclipse

voar mornin  -
twa gowden retrievers
stoor towarts the sin




spring morning  -
two golden retrievers
race towards the sun

daffins
bress baund  -
voar concert




daffodils
brass band  -
spring concert

ilka year aye
sterts wi a riddie  -
gean flourish




every year still
starts with a blush  -
cherry blossom

auld kipple
skin an bane
...hoose o attercaps




old couple
skin and bone
...house of spiders

we aw win awa
frae the lairside  -
aw bit a hingin gled




we all leave
the graveside  -
all but a hanging hawk

tuim gardevine  -

i the snawdraps the broozilt

ootline o luvers

empty wine-bottle  -

in the snowdrops the crushed

outline of lovers

herrcut  -
a laddie
hauds forrit




haircut  -
a boy
steps forth

babbie apens an ee
a glisk a lift
whaur twa doos flee




baby opens an eye
I see a sky
where two pigeons fly

fou muin  -
a hameless chiel's ashet
slaikit clean




full moon  -
a homeless man's plate
licked clean

wund throuch
the refugee camp  -
orchestrae o banes




wind through
the refugee camp  -
orchestra of bones

fooneral Mass -
in the bicker
a deid flee




funeral Mass -
in the chalice
a dead fly

blue bonnets
yammer an taisle  -
time tae hing the nest-box




blue tits
chatter an tease  -
time to hang the nest-box

the pipies
new bairn  -
reid plufft chafts




the piper's
new baby  -
red puffed cheeks