furst snawfaw
i the gairden
blate snawdraps




first snowfall
in the garden
shy snowdrops

granny's shoogler
heich on the cairt
...fluidwatter




grandmother's rocking-chair
high on the cart
...floodwater

the weet's devault  -
nakit brainches skimmer
wi new flourish




the rain's stopped  -
naked branches shimmer
with new blossom

his auld dug's deid  -
flaes
aye invade the hoose




his old dog's dead  -
fleas
still invade the house

beikin'r hauns
it the ingle
...poinsettia




warming her hands
at the fireside
...poinsettia

the blin laddie  -
fowerty-year on aye
findin the truist in's haun



the blind boy  -
forty-years on still
feeling the trust in his hand

onding  -
ilk day the burn
fuspers a pickle looder





downpour  -
each day the stream
whispers a little louder

UNCOS: weir! weir!  -
ootby
a bleckie brustin wi sang




NEWS: war! war!  -
outside
a blackbird bursting with song

a michtie megiphone  -
snochers
frae the tub




a mighty megaphone  -
snores
from the bath

hogmanay bangers  -
in thair new hame refugee
bairns wauken skirlin




new year fireworks  -
in their new  home refugee
children waken screaming