the lowpin troot

goves doon on perfit circles

...zen maister

the leaping trout

stares down on perfect circles

...zen master

the watter

stooryin back

tae the sea, tae the lift

the river

racing back

to the sea, to the sky

it rist

atween thae reefu weengs

...keengfusher

at rest

between those frantic wings 

...kingfisher

scuil hoalidays  -

he hunkers on biggin saun

ere faither's lowsin tyme

school holidays  -

he sits on building sand

till father's finishing time

craw dooks's derkness

intae the burn

whilk swallaes it

crow dips his darkness

into the stream

which swallows it

jazz throuch the apen door  -

a butterie

jitterbugs by

jazz through the open door  -

a butterfly

jitterbugs by

maggie

hunkers on the bucket lid  -

ah'm tentie o't thinkin

magpie

sits on the bin lid  -

I watch it thinking

throuch stoor they hoastit 

an kerved cathedrals

...braw heidstanes

through dust they coughed

and carved cathedrals

...magnificent headstones

acer

reid nebbit

it its ain bonnieness

acer

blushing

at its own beauty

 weet mornin  -

snail an me

...oor hystit umbrellys

wet morning  -

snail and I

...our raised umberellas

faw'n nest  -

sae perfitly roond

sae beinly

fallen nest  -

so perfectly round

so comforting

his days o sheddaes  

baurs thit urnae thair  -

ma manic freen

his days of shadows  

bars that aren't there  -

my manic friend

a peerie butterie

focht the wund

tae hunker aside me

a little butterfly

battled the wind

to sit beside me

owercast  -

sum flooers

sweirt tae apen

overcast  -

some flowers

hesitant to open

 votin day  -

pickin a dander

bi the watterside

election day  -

choosing

a walk by the riverside