Thursday, September 30, 2021

mornin yatter  -

ma neebours clype

...maggies jyne in




morning chatter  -

my neighbours gossip

...magpies join in










Thursday, September 23, 2021

dung doon ceeties  -

tuithit gavel-ens staun

...a deevil's jeegsaw




bombed cities  -

toothed gable-ends stand

...a devil's jigsaw


Saturday, September 18, 2021

dawn chorus  -

the yatter

o the bucket men




dawn chorus  -

the chitchat

of the bin men


Thursday, September 16, 2021

hairst  -

duddie leaves

hing on




autumn  -

tattered leaves

hang on

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

back agane

tae snowk the peat reek

...lowes thit nivver gae oot



back again

to smell the peat smoke

...fires that never go out

hameless  -

doverin aneath the heidline:

IS THERE LIFE ON MARS?




homeless  -

asleep beneath the headline:

IS THERE LIFE ON MARS?

Tuesday, September 07, 2021

sica bonnie lassie  -

her spirlie fingers

cleuks o a draigon tattoo




such a lovely girl  -

her slender fingers

claws of a dragon tattoo

Monday, September 06, 2021

Sunday, September 05, 2021

deid man's bells

a ticht fit

...bummer backs oot slawly




foxglove

a tight fit

...bee reverses out slowly

Saturday, September 04, 2021

arthritic:

his banes runchin

wrochtin thayr ain aises




arthritic:

his bones grinding

making their own ashes

Friday, September 03, 2021

unner the tree

a fawen egg  -

sumhin's sookit oot the sangburd




under the tree

a fallen egg  -

something's sucked out the songbird