fluid trock redd -
the burn
croonin agane
flood debris cleared -
the stream
singing again
roondin a bend i the burn -
the suddent licht
o swans an snawdraps
rounding a bend in the stream -
the sudden light
of swans and snowdrops
covid lockdoon -
we brunt oor palm corse
an sainit ilk ither
covid lockdown -
we burned our palm cross
and blessed each other
(Ash wednesday)
voar sin
a boorach
o daffins
spring sun
a cluster
of daffodils
her gairden
fou o plastic skwurrels -
she fells the rael yins!
her garden
full of plastic squirrels -
she kills the real ones!
Valentine's day -
twa speuggies
halfers a fat-baw
two sparrows
share a fat-ball
ma brunt haun hailin -
its huil
bairnlie new
my burnt hand healing -
its skin
baby new
craws in sinlicht -
on the wa
dirlin graffitti
crows in sunlight -
on the wall
kinetic graffitti
twa windae-waashers -
ah suddently mynd
a cataract appintment
two window-cleaners -
i suddenly remember
a cataract appointment
frae the yirthquak's
derk bore - a peerie bairn
...caum it its hamecomin
from the earthquake's
dark hole - a tiny child
...calm at its second birth
hern
humphed
amang the snawdraps
heron
hunched
among the snowdrops
swan preenin -
a bygaun jogger
...her pink pleats
swan preening -
a passing jogger
...her pink pigtails