unner the aipple tree
the auld sodger dwams
...amang the faw'n yins



under the apple tree
the old soldier dreams
...among the fallen ones

hern speirin
wi ilk fuitstap
...as the bodach daes



heron probing
with each footstep
...as the old man does

efter the blowster
bleck-eed
brummles



after the storm
black-eyed
brambles

skateperk  -
hauflins makkin
dunts an birses



skateperk  -
youngsters making
bumps and bruises

jivin
wi ma grandochter
...tuba an clarinet wyvein



jiving
with my grand-daughter
...tuba and  clarinet weaving

hame frae the yirdin  -
waterin
the gizzent flooers



home from the funeral  -
watering
the shrivelled flowers

swan preenin  -
feddery wiles
fleet doonstream



swan preening  -
feathery lures
float downstream

frae the
hazel tree
bleckie's luve sang



from the
hazel tree
blackbird's love song

blythefou swallae
loopin throuch
a mairchless lift




happy swallow
looping through
a borderless sky