hairst  -

abuin the burn

midgies' hinmaist daunce

autumn  -

above the stream

midges' last dance

the auld gairdner

skews's neb tae the sin  -

the gowans an aw

the old gardener 

turns his face to the sun  -

the daisies too

 fou muin

throuch leafless brainches

...jeegsaw o crecks

full moon

through leafless branches

...jigsaw of cracks

 i the stoor

on the cairriage winnock:

I ❤  U

in the dust

on the carriage window:

I ❤ U

thair's a new goad in toon  -

Diwali rackets

lichten the lift

there's a new God in town  -

Diwali fiireworks

lighten the sky

efter the haar

the maples'

lacquered leaves

after the mist

the maples'

lacquered leaves

mornin haar  -

attercaps' hidlins

gien up

morning mist  -

spiders' secrets

exposed

sin

throuch the rodden tree

...plainstanes airtist

sun

through the rowan tree

...pavement artist

 his neb i the stoor  -

the wino's tint 

...agane

his nose in the dust  -

the wino has lost

...again

 schuil hoalidays  -

contrails lozent

on a blae lift

school holidays   -

contrails criss-crossed

on a blue sky

hern goves doon

it a stainit-gless winnock

...sunken leaves

heron gazes down

at a stained-glass window

...sunken leaves

throuch the haar  -

the soond

o the fish--van's horn

through the mist  -

the sound

of the fish-van's horn

hairst's maple  -

reid leaf-wreaths

autumns' maple  -

red leafdrifts

hairst  -

i the blowster

petals or butteries?

autumn  -

in the gale

petals or butterflies?

a lang--deid rottan  -

its skellet

aye gurlin

a long-dead rat  -

its skeleton

still snarling

leaves faw on the burn  -

settin aff

the hairst mosaic

leaves fall on the stream  -

setting off

the autumnal mosaic