her NHS pentin
tapsalteerie  -
smirkin watergaws'r brawest!




her NHS painting
upside down  -
smiling rainbows are best!

lookdoon burthday  -
balloons hingin on the door
...naebody cums




lockdown birthday  -
balloons hanging on the door
...nobody comes

heelster gowdie
fir a crust o breid  -
the cailleachs sea-maw circus




looping the loop
for a crust of bread  -
the old lady's seagull circus

swans nestin -
she dovers it the mids
o's trampit peth




swans nesting  -
she sleeps at the centre
of his beaten path

fou muin
sillersmith
it wark




full moon
silversmith
at work

pandemic  -
thoombs-up frae grandad
the lozen snares oor braith



pandemic  -
thumbs-up from grandad
the pane traps our breath

lockdoon  -  awwhaur
the graffiti airtist's
smirkin mojis




lockdown  -  everywhere
the graffiti artist's
smiling mojis

the dreelin soond
o an airlie bummer
proggin




the drilling sound
of an early bee
probing

i the quate o lockdoon
a doo coos 
on the roof o oor ark



in the silence of lockdown
a pigeon coos 
on the roof of our ark

lockdoon  -
muin it the winnock
aw fause face




lockdown  -
moon at the window
all facemask

...and palms before my feet'  -
bit
no the-day




...and palms before my feet'  -
but
not today

(Palm sunday 2020)

virus apairtness  -
e'en the daffins
skew thair heids awa



virus distancing  -
even the daffodils
turn their heads away

voar aince mair  -
syle
aneath the nail-horns




spring again  -
soil
beneath the fingernails