eenin dander  -
soond o
runchin snails




evening stroll  -
sound of
crunching snails

nems aye thair
on the tree  -
the hert swallin




initials still there
on the tree  -
the heart swelling

schuil sports-day  -
the swith o fuit
ootrinnin the weet




school sports-day  -
the fleet of foot
outrunning the rain

faither's day  -
yin hunkers on the plainstanes
weet fouin's Tassie




father's day  -
one sits on the pavement
rain filling his cup

bygaun the  winnock
a fou muin peeps in
...smirkin




passing the window
a full moon peers in
...smiling

slidderin athort
the ice-rink winnock  -
snail




sliding across
the ice-rink window  -
snail

happin'm in's
Kirstenin mantie
...cumulus cluds




wrapping him
in his Christening shawl
...cumulus clouds

juist anither fursday  -
weet stapt, burds chirmin,
a life-hauder turnt aff




just another thursday  -
rain stopped, birds singing,
a life-support switched off

oot frae a snawy perk
a hauflin
...baird trim




out from a snowy field
a youth
...beard trim

sic dafferie!
sic sport!
...bluid on the causey




such fun!
such sport!
...blood on the street


(Euro 2016)

ettlin tae cleek
the bairnie
...efter a butterie




trying to catch
the toddler
...chasing a butterfly

on the bink
a babbie's dummy  -
roon the bink fag-ens




on the bench
a baby's pacifier  -
round the bench cigarette-ends

mercat day
generations bairge  -
grandad's wheelchair, babbie's pram




market day
generations collide  -
grandad's wheelchair, baby's pram

the brewery lum's reek
sweys
druckenly




the brewery chimney's smoke
sways
drunkenly