brucken shanks
blawn intae a neuk
aye flourishin




broken stalks
blown into a corner
still blossoming

postie
scartin's heid -
a wesps' byke bi the sneck




postman
scratching his head -
a wasps' nest by the latch

liftin the peerie snail
broozilt its shall -
it snuves aff wi the lave




lifting the baby snail
crushed its shell -
it glides off with what's left

the nicht it taps
e'en the fleedlit castle:
the fleedlit muin




tonight it tops
even the floodlit castle:
the floodlit moon

a fest day...
is...
a...slaw...day




a fast day...
is...
a...slow...day

the cailleach rouns
the stookie on her knees -
a lassie ootpits a text




the old lady rounds
the statue on her knees -
a young girl texts

Haly Mass
aneath leaf umberellaes
speuggies




Holy Mass
beneath leaf umbrellas
sparrows

reid stour -
throuch the vinyaird
the rosary hums




red dust -
through the vineyard
the rosary drones

crippilt
he stauns fir a photy:
derns's crummock




lame
he stands for a photograph:
hides his walking stick

in the weet
pilgrimers staun
umberellaes taigilt




in the rain
pilgrims stand
umbrellas tangled

flicht hindert
cailleachs keckle:
ower lang i the howf




flight delayed
old ladies giggle:
too long in the bar

clapt tae the winnock
its glower fous the chaumer -
spinnin jenny




stuck to the window
its gaze fills the room -
daddy-long-legs

cluds rowe awa -
craw bangs up frae
a perk o yella gowans




clouds roll away -
crow rises from
a field of buttercups

on's carebed
he skews roon
hearkens tae the bell-ringers




on his sick-bed
he turns to listen
to the bell-ringers

hairst
on a lanesome roddin
a hinmaist breer




autumn
on a lonesome path
a last dog-rose

govein intae
a deep puil
fisher...makar




gazing into
a deep pool
fisherman...poet

nicht vaig -
aheid o me,
cat's een an sterns




night journey -
ahead of me,
cat's eyes and stars

roarie sooth-moothers -
yowes staun
...glower




noisy mainlanders -
sheep stand
...stare

treen 'r quate
fush kythe i the dub -
his gran-bairns awa hame




trees are quiet
fish appear in the pond -
his grand-children have gone

frae the winnock
a hairst efternuin -
ma sheddae liggs on the bed




from the window
an autumn afternoon -
my shadow lies on the bed