hallae e'en  -

pumpkin heids fleet i the derk

...peerie sangs an rimes

halloween  -

pumpkin heads float in the dark

...little songs and rhymes

wundblawn leaves

drien alang the causey

...hearken tae thair scartin

windblown leaves

driven along the street

...hear their scratching

the hunter's muin

hus sichtit

a tod

the hunter's moon

has spotted

a fox

 faw'n leaves

sweil an lowp

...hairst ballet

fallen leaves

swirl and leap

...autumnal ballet

hairst  -

the airtist chirts oot

his umber tube

autumn  -

the artist squeezes out

his umber tube

plashin

throuch the wuids  -

the musky snowk o hairst

squelching

through the woods  -

the musky smell of autumn

throuch oor upwreilin braith

we're tentie

o the geese leavin

through our rising breath

we watch

the geese leaving

doon it the mou  -

a moose's reft

granfaither's chocolate

disappointed  -

a mouse has stolen

grandfather's chocolate

hairst wunds  -

leaves

preein ither treen

autumn winds  -

leaves

trying out other trees

hairst mornin  -

derk skelets

the gairden fou o leaves

autumn morning  -

dark skeletons

the garden full of leaves

i the sin

she rists her heid

on a fedder bed  -  swan

in the sun

she rests her head

on a feather bed  -  swan

Reid Rab  -

hodden amang

the rodden berries

robin  -

hidden amongst

the rowan berries

thair an no thair  -

Reid Rab kittles

the auld gairdner

there and not there  -

the robin teases

the old gardener

a suddent glent

jinkin throuch the gairden

...mauppie's bun

a sudden flash zigzagging

through the garden

...rabbit's tail