lair
o the makar
...schaird o peasie whin




grave
of the poet
...shard of granite

faur awa bomb blooter  -
here
a wab thirles




distant bomb blast  -
here
a web quivers

the bairn
skailin crisps
...follaed bi twa craws




the little boy
dropping crisps
...followed by two crows

dentist's chaumer  -
the cannie girn
o a fankilt flee




dentist's surgery  -
the steady whine
of a trapped fly

sneddin roses  -
fuchsia buds
....dreeps o bluid




pruning roses  -
fuchsia buds
...drips of blood

i the gairden:
gowans
constellations




in the garden:
daisies
constellations

a simmer mornin
egglin me
tae cleid it




a summer morning
urging me
to clothe it

muinlit sheddaes:
the ceetiescape
athort a hameless neb




moonlit shadows:
the cityscape
across a homeless face

tentie o the cluds
laid aff
tentie o the cluds




cloud watching
redundant
cloud watching

blowster o gean flourish  -
mavis
howks fir wirms




cherry blossom storm  -
thrush
digs for worms