sica blowt:

craw skirlin it me  -

his reid thrapple

such an eruption:

crow screaming at me  -

his red throat

  

derk burds dover

amang derk brainches

...net o dwams

dark birds sleep

amongst dark branches

...net of dreams

brennin leaves  -

the suddent sperk

o Reid Rab

burning leaves  -

the sudden spark

of a robin

Yule Een  -

abuin the kirk

a muin hamecomin

Christmas Eve  -

above the church

a moon being born

deep i the Zendo  -

ootbye

turtles plash an daff

intense in the Zendo  -

outside

turtles splash and play

the gaberlunzie chiel

an the siller birk  -

baith in cloots

the tramp

and the silver birch  -

both in rags

hallae e'en  -

hou treen hunker

i the gloamin

halloween  -

how the trees crouch

in the dusk

Yule ingle  -

poinsettia

an lowpin lowes

Christmas hearth  -

poinsettia

and leaping flames

anither blatter

stickit i the lum  

aw nicht

another storm

stuck in the chimney

all night

days o weet  

the roseir baiten

...bluid-colourt dubs

days of rain  

the rosebush beaten

...blood-coloured puddles

efter the weet

the nakit maple

...pairly keeng

after the rain

the leafless maple

...pearly king

auld baxter

oot fir a smoke  -

fite fuitprents roond the door

old baker

out for a smoke  -

white footprints round the door

we delicht i the sin-ryse,

nurse an me

...bluid sclims  the tube

we delight in the sunrise,

nurse and I

...blood climbs  the tube

zen learner

scooryin alang

...her primpit new robe

zen novice

racing along

...her stiff new robe