on the causey
a drapt plectrum  -
croonin frae the treen




on the street
a dropped plectrum  -
singing from the trees

a stoorin moose
a lowpin puddock:
leaf'n wund daffin




a scuttling mouse
a leaping frog:
leaf and wind at play

blae  -
the dowieness
o bowlt streengs




blue  -
the melancholy
of bent strings

pouin rasps
...granfaither's
hungower een




picking raspberries
...grandfather's
hungover eyes

a singul leaf
reelin doon
...day o the yirdin




a single leaf
spiralling down
...day of the funeral

baurley
sheenin gowd
baird o a wince yin




barley
burnished gold
beard of a sage

burnie-becker  -
yin braith syne aff
fleein unnerwatter




dipper  -
one breath then off
flying underwater

mornin incaains

it the shrine

...skwurrel

morning prayers

at the shrine

...squirrel

skirlin o brakes  -
speuggies waashin
in a powie




screeching of brakes  -
sparrows bathing
in a pothole

dramein
in dubs:
the sinflooers




dreaming
in puddles:
the sunflowers

a cran
kittles the peerie dug:
fite scart on the girss




a swift
teases the little dog:
white scribble on the grass

thayr bairn's
hame-wrocht mobile:
streeng'n yill cans




their baby's
home-made mobile:
string and beer cans

hairst  -
a furst
chitter




autumn  -
a first
shiver

hingin
humminburd
haudin ma braith




hanging
hummingbird
holding my breath

rodden tree
biggin yir berries  -
nivver oot o contract




rowan tree
building your berries  -
never out of contract

fou muin  -
snail's trails
...sic embroidery




full moon  -
snail's trails
...such embroidery

a troot lowpin
a ploom fawin
...day o wunners!




a trout leaping
a plum falling
...day of wonders!

yorlin
its fedders fuffelt
...caunle i the wund




yellowhammer
its feathers ruffled
...candle in the wind