hern swallaes
the wammlin moose -
the lang craig runklin




heron swallows
the wriggling mouse -
the long neck wrinkling

a tirl
frae whae kens whaur
apenin ma chaumer door




a breeze
from who knows where
opening my bedroom door

soun o a linn
...wund throuch
the green sauchs




sound of a waterfall
...wind through
the green willows

in ablow pink cluds
bleckie chirms the day
intae derkness




under pink clouds
blackbird sings the day
into darkness

sweltrie day -
bummer chaaves
in's fur cot




hot day -
bumble-bee struggles
in his fur coat

i the wund
a peerie buttery
faws...turns intae a leaf




in the wind
a tiny butterfly
falls...turns into a leaf

smatters o clud
maws heelstergowdie
i the wund




scraps of cloud
gulls tumbling
in the wind

thigger wifie -
her sheddae
skiffs me




beggar woman -
her shadow
touches me

weet -
azalea tassies
reamin ower




rain -
azalea cups
overflowing

craw shaks
its marrow's stieve bouk
...fite sichtless een




crow shakes
its mate's stiff body
...white sightless eyes

speuggie hunkert
keeks throuch the flourish
...laburnum rainglets




sparrow sitting
peeps through the blossom
...laburnum ringlets

throuch a perk
o pish-the-beds -
the wund's gate




through a field
of dandelion clocks -
the wind's route

swans doverin -
magnolia petals
on the girse




swans asleep -
magnolia petals
on the lawn

speengie rose uncleikin
its reidness
...stoundin heart




peony unclenching
its redness
...beating heart

cumulus cluds
...swans
pander by




cumulus clouds
...swans
drift by

scuil's voar ferr -
ingaun clinks
slooshin intae the mullie




school's spring fair -
entrance fee
splashing into the tin

the bodach
tentie o the rackets -
sterns in's een




the old man
watching the fireworks -
stars in his eyes

slaw burn -
cluds grundit
i the shallaes




slow stream -
clouds beached
in the shallows

craw heaves up
frae the dub
...cheen o glentin draplets




crow rises
from the puddle
...chain of sparkling droplets

throuch freestit gless
flams lowp
...reid azalea




through frosted glass
flames leap
...red azalea