Friday, May 29, 2020

a drave o baggies  -
a glisk auld sheddies 
stanced wi jeelie-jaurs




a shoal of minnows  -
I see old shadows
poised with jam jars

Thursday, May 28, 2020

sinlicht skooks
athort the brae  -
yalla on the brume



sunlight creeps
across the hill  -
yellow on the broom

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

efter the souch
the puil
learns me meditation




after the breeze
the pool
teaches me meditation

Monday, May 25, 2020

scurs  -
a day
i the sin




mayflys  -
a day
in the sun
pandemic  -
the cricket pitch
owergrowen




pandemic  -
the cricket pitch
overgrown

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

covid 19
...pish-the-bed puffbaws
bidin a braith



covid 19
...dandelion puffballs
awaiting a breath

Monday, May 18, 2020

twa swans
on the roukie watter
...far awa heidlichts



two swans
on the misty river
...distant headlights

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

tint horseshoe  -
sumwhaur the soond
o huifbeats in waltz-time




lost horseshoe  -
somewhere the sound
of hoofbeats in waltz-time

Monday, May 11, 2020

wis't deforce?  -
the drake stoors awa
deuk weshes hersel wuidly




was it rape?  -
the drake rushes away
duck washes herself furiously

Saturday, May 09, 2020

ping-pong i the perk  -
fawin gean flourish
begowks hauf-blin grandad




table-tennis in the park  -
falling cherry blossoms
fool half-blind grandad

Tuesday, May 05, 2020

in a bourach
o gowd stoor
moch an attercap




in a storm
Of gold dust
moth and spider

Monday, May 04, 2020

peerie laddie
slooshin throuch the dubs
...his buits gean flourisht




little boy
splashing through the puddles
...his boots cherry blossomed

Friday, May 01, 2020

voar gairdenin  -
Reid Rab's Yule pose
on the spade haunle




spring gardening  -
the robin's Christmas pose
on the spade handle