brucken-doon snawmen  -

maggies matin

on een an nebs

broken-down snowmen  -

magpies feeding

on eyes and noses

 weengs spreid 

peened tae the fairmer's palin:

craw's petrine corse

wings spread

pinned to the farmer's fence:

crow's petrine cross

 jag day  -

throuch the doacter's winnock

eeshogels dreepin

vaccination day  -

through the doctor's window

icicles dripping

 lockdoon  -

the bairnie dirls

the playgrun's yetts

lockdown  -

the toddler rattles

the playground's  gates

daw's reid licht  -

hemmerin

frae the smiddy

dawn's red light  -

hammering

from the smithy

swan slips

intae the watter

...ryal barque

swan slips

into the river

...royal barque 

freestit playgrun -

myndin the keekin-gless

wrocht wi tacketie buits

frosted playground  -

remembering the mirror

made with hobnailed boots

 the swans it roseburn

keekin throuch the sprots

...aye in lockdoon

the swans at roseburn

peering through the reeds

...still in lockdown