peer tree sindial

streetchin

fir oors

pear tree sundial

stretching

for hours

the jeely rowe

o staunin

on a hodden slug

the jelly roll

of standing

on an unseen slug

jinkin

lik a drouthie  -

snails a'whaur

zigzagging

like a drunk  -

snails  everywhere

hairst  -

a hinmaist waasp

ower forfochen tae stang

autumn  -

a last wasp

too tired to sting

hairst

taks haud  

...runklin leaves

autumn

takes hold  

...curling leaves

monastery bawdrons

on's alms traik  -

the flesher, the baxter...

monastery cat

on his alms journey  -

the butcher,the baker...

throuch the leaves

persimmons keekin  -

a laich yin tuith-merkit

through the leaves

persimmons peeping  -

a lower one tooth-marked

 the yirdin bell

draps slawly throuch the err  

the day: 9/11

the funeral bell

drops slowly through the air  

today: 9/11

janglin bells...

fuitsteps

stoorin tae Mass

jangling bells...

footsteps

racing to Mass

 butterie

ristin on the gairden hose

...the thrab o life

butterfly

resting on the garden hose

...the throb of life

 a ruinage re-chartit  -

the maister nou wins awa

on's boattie

ruins re-charted  -

the master now leaves

on his boat

MEMORIAL:

(BRIAN LOWERY OSA 1941-2019)

sic waarmth  -

e'en the butteries

glidin mair nor uisual

such heat  -

even the butterflys

gliding more than usual

gairden shed

hapt in hinniesickle

...bummers' boom boax

garden hut

covered in honeysuckle

...bees' boom box

frae sauch tae sauch

keengfusher

flourishes a blae threid

from willow to willow

kingfisher

embroiders a blue thread