hairst souch  -
anither year bygaun
...runkles on the burn




autumn breeze  -
another year passing by
...wrinkles on the stream

whit's yir eerant
waggitie
...rinnin mangst ma feet




what's your message
wagtail
...running amongst my feet

aneath the aipple tree
skailt
cider tinnies




beneath the apple tree
scattered
cider cans

hairst  -
a furst leaf
creengin




autumn  -
a first leaf
cringing

a hearse staps
tae lat me corss  -
charon smirks it me






a hearse stops
to let me cross  -
charon smiles at me

flee droonin
i ma bicker
...ambulance siren!




fly drowning
in my tea-cup
...ambulance siren!

sinlicht
on the leaves
...weein naethin




sunlight
on the leaves
...weighing nothing

back tae schuil  -
blaebells
i the playgrun




back to school  -
bluebells
in the playground

craw jooks  -
plane seeds
helicopterin doon




crow ducks  -
sycamore seeds
helicoptering down

festival  -
a fou muin
claucht amang the rackets




festival  -
a full moon
caught among the fireworks

bummer heids hame
his hinny creels
fou




bee heads home
his pollen baskets
full

bummer bidein fir
the mornin glore tae apen
...auld drouthy




bee waiting for
the morning glory to open
...old wino

fou agane  -
his omelette
fou o eggshalls




drunk again  -
his omelette
full of eggshells

dorbies croon
as the wa hoves
....Ray Charles it the pianny




stone-masons sing
as the wall rises
...Ray Charles at the piano

craw's stabbit
a straeberry
...cloun's reid neb




crow's spiked
a strawberry
...clown's red nose

abuin the tennis coort
a fun muin
...hingin




above the tennis court
a full moon
...hanging

lowsin the bummer  -
his panshite
cuilin ma haun




freeing the bee -
his panic
cooling my hand

treen mak a
derk dub o the burn
...cluds ower the ceetie




trees make a
dark pool of the stream
...clouds over the city

dung doon larach  -
a buddleia
sic douceness frae ruinage




derelict site  -
a buddleia
...such sweetness from ruins