bodach  

cairryin's feesic hame

...hert in a poke

old man

carrying his medicine home

...heart in a  bag

a dander i the perk  -

taigilt in dug-luve

it ilka step

a walk in the park  -

tangled in dog-love

at every step

his bombed hame  -

the anely licht is sinlicht

sypin throuch bullet-holes

his bombed home  -

the only light is sunlight

seeping through bullet-holes

tree fellers muive in   -

hameless craws

girnin

tree fellers move in  -

homeless crows

grumbling

bygaun the nursery

kittlie yatterin

...dernit burds

passing the nursery

excited chattering

...hidden birds

peerie crocus  -

blate

amang the daffins

tiny crocus  -

shy

amongst the daffodils

mr an mrs saw neb

soomin fit fir fit

on this Valentine's day

mr and mrs goosander

swimming side by side

on this Valentine's day

 gloamin -

alang the watterside

snawdrap bouets hing

twilight  -

along the riverside

snowdrop lanterns hang

maggies i the gairden

hop an daff

...chess cums tae mynd

magpies in the garden

hop and play

...chess comes to mind

tooer lowe  -

the tuim shall

stauns, a lairstane

tower fire  -

the empty shell

stands, a gravestone

a tinglin frae the wuids  -

whaur the burn rins

an blaebells growe

a tinkling from the woods  -

where the stream runs

and bluebells grow

kirk flair

fou o crecks

...whaur the yirth muived

church floor

full of cracks

...where the earth moved

a petal faws

ontae the jotter

...scriever's jam ower

a petal falls

onto the notebook

...writer's block over

...

a quate queir

aboot tae croon

...daffins apenin

a silent choir

about to sing

...daffodils opening