eenin concert  -
the tuba chiel
gaithers aw the sinsheen




evening concert  -
the tuba player
gathers all the sunshine

apenin the hingers  -
aye poorin
...hivier the-day




opening the curtains  -
still raining
...heavier today

( for Angelee Deodhar)

stravaigin hoaliday  -
e'en ma sheddae's
sair




walking holiday  -
even my shadow
hurting

heizin frae the meedie
gay luvers
in daunce o butteries




rising from the meadow
gay lovers
in a dance of butterflies

claucht up
i the mawin  -
hauf a bummer




caught up
in the mowing  -
half a bee

unnerwatter wrack  -
locks o a river
stoorin on




underwater weeds  -
tresses of a river
rushing on

on a brainch
yin craw preens anither
...sappie in'ts derkness




on a branch
one crow preens another
...tender in its darkness

life's roond  -
a faither's day cart
frae a faither




life's cycle  -
a father's day card
from a father

rin-ower pheasie
...tasht
wattergaw




run-over pheasant
...crushed
rainbow

Zen maister

sic pace an caum

...years owerseein the swans

Zen master

such peace and tranquillity

...years tending the swans

mavis's egg  -
craw
dookin intae the reid-baw




thrush's egg  -
crow
dipping into the yolk

simmer hings
in a hinmaist berry
...sweirt tae plook it




summer hangs
in a last berry
...loath to pluck it