readin i the gairden  -

 bummer's sheddae

... fou stap

reading in the garden  -

bee's shadow

...full stop

.

In a snell wund

the tosieness

o gean flourish

in a bitter wind

the warmth

of cherry blossom

burds stoor

tae thayr nests

...guis-stappin maggies.

birds race

to their nests

...goose-stepping magpies

pandemic  -

a tuim cheer

in monie a hame

pandemic  -

an empty chair

in many a home

frae the fitbaw perk

the ref's fussle  -

a bleckie repones

from the football park

the ref's whistle  -

a blackbird answers

killer i the sinsheen:

bawdrons kids on sloom

aneath the speuggies

killer in the sunshine:

cat feigns sleep

beneath the sparrows

efter Mass

refleckin on the tuim tassie

...fou o sinsheen

after Mass

reflecting on the empty cup

...full of sunshine

on the plainstanes

speuggies hop amang the brainches

in a sheddae warl

on the pavement

sparrows hop among the branches

in a shadow world

Guid friday  -

Reid Rab roon ma feet

its bluid-reid breist

Good friday  -

a robin round my feet

its blood -red breast