mawin the gairden  -

hauf-cut bummers

amang the sookies

mowing the garden  -

half-cut bees

among the clover heads

ilka day his carer

helps'm reenge the burn

fir crocodiles

every day his carer

helps him search the stream

for crocodiles

lowst frae lockdoon

the bodach

neb-deep in breer

released from lockdown

the old man

nose-deep in a wild rose

throuch the kirkyaird

the wund's wae chanter

...a pibroch fir Eilidh

through the churchyard

the wind's sad chanter

...a pibroch for Eilidh

(for Eilidh MacLeod: Barra  killed by terrorists)

heatwave  -

deed in a fur cot

...bummer

heatwave  -

dead in a fur coat

...bee

 alang the trackside

wull brummles

...railway jeelie we cried it

along the trackside

wild brambles

...railway jam we called it

gallus i the pandemic  -

his pooches fou

o haly medals

fearless in the pandemic  -

his pockets full

of holy medals

swans dunt on the burn  -

twa fedders

panderin

swans bump on the stream  -

two feathers

drfting