bawdrons stoors taewarts me
prood
o's moothfou o moose
cat races towards me
proud
of his mouthful of mouse
the auld Muslim
an the auld Christian waff
...they ken the truith!
the old Muslim
and the old Christian wave
...they know the truth!
amang sic dour fowk
the yalla-gowans'
smirking nebs
among such grim folk
the daisies'
smiling faces
licht traivilt
fowerteen billion year
fir his wae een tae - dormoose
light travelled
fourteen billion years
for his sad eyes too - dormouse
efter the yirdin
he hunkers souchin:
Somewhere over the rainbow
after the funeral
he sits humming:
flags droop
pipes foonder i the cunyie
...anither brust fitbaw
bagpipes slump in the corner
...another burst football
(EUROS 2024)
in her phone buik
mair nummers scartit oot
nor byde
in her phone book
more numbers scratched out
than remain
in the bus shelter
a snorlie condom
...a vaige endit
a knotted condom
...a journey ended
the ceildh ower
bairns' herts brustin
boa fedders errborne
the concert over
childrens' hearts bursting
boa feathers airborne
(for Amelia)
D-Day -
i the gairden puppies
stan fest i the blowster
in the garden poppies
stand fast in the storm
the speengie rose apenin
tyme
fir the drouthy bummer
the peony rose opening
time
for the thirsty bee
the watterside
bangin up
efter the fluid
the riverbanks
rising up
after the flood