kneelin it the altar rail

...gorblins

streenin tae be meetit

kneeling at the altar rail

...nestlings

straining to be fed

 the windae cleaner's

left wattergaws hingin

awwhaur

the window cleaner

has left rainbows hanging

everywhere

sumhin sheens 

unner the ice  -

craw's pickaix neb navvyin

something shines

under the ice  -

crow's pickaxe beak navvying

 It the schuil yetts

the bodach draps a tear

fir the days o mak-on

at the school gates

the old man sheds a tear

for the days of make-believe

coorse wedder  -

days o lowpin lowes

an lood snocherin

rough weather  -

days of leaping flames

and loud snoring

i the gairden's derk neuk

licht gaithers

...snawdraps

in the garden's dark corner

light gathers

...snowdrops

aw edges

an splairges o pent  -

efter the clippin

all edges

and splashes of paint  -

after the shearing

the auld pub

dung doun  -

they staun thair, mous fou o stoor

the old pub

demolished  -

they stand there, mouths full of dust

wund throuch the gairden  -

 coo-bells a wund-chimes...

a  kin o jazz

wind through the garden  -

cow-bells and wind-chimes...

a kind of jazz

snaw muin

spreidin

on the braes

snow moon

spreading

on the hills

 record shop shewn-up

...anely a bleckie

chirmin on a nearhaun tree

record shop shut-down

...only a blackbird

singing on a nearby tree

dug an me

tak wi  ilk ither

...his slavery tung

dog and I

greet each other

...his slobbery tongue

wund throuch the shaw

booin, thrawin

...bonsai maister

wind through the grove

bending, twisting

...bonsai master

efter the drouth  -

the gairden

sterts tae queever

after the drought  -

the garden

starts to quiver

plooin  -

hou the yirth hoves an spreids

rank fir the seed

plowing  -

how the earth rises and spreads

ready for the seed

she hings ower the watter

learnin the bairn

hou tae bliss himsel

she hovers over the water

teaching the child

how to bless himself

haggin treen  -

Reid Rab hunkers takkin tent

...woundit

felling trees  -

a robin sits watching

,,,wounded

blue  bonnet  -

in an oot in an oot

...hamemaker

blue tit  -

in and out in and out

...homemaker

pop concert  -

on the wey

the rodden tree's  bricht beads

pop concert  -

on the way

the rowan tree's bright beads

atween snawy braes

the inky burn scrieves itsel

intae a haiku

between snowy banks

the inky stream writes itself

into a haiku

drones owerheid  -

a snawman stauns

forrittsome!

drones overhead  -

a snowman stands

defiant!

Yule gee-gaws

stowed awa  -

'Jingle bells' frae the aumrie

Christmas decorations

packed away  -

'Jingle bells' from the cupboard

a dander

throuch the derk wuids  -

mappie's bunt lichts the wey

a walk 

through the dark woods  -

rabbit's tail lights the way

the postie's crecklin fuitsteps  -

a caird

postit in simmer hait

the postman's crackling footsteps  -

a card

posted in summer heat