watterside treen
cowpt -
fush throuch the brainches




riverside trees
toppled -
fish through the branches

derk watter -
frae a burd
a hert-brakkin sang




dark river -
from a bird
a heart-breaking song

(for Billie Holiday)

furst tryst -
mither's weir-pent
ower's plooks




first date -
mother's make-up
over his acne

steerin
a wesp's byke - skirls
frae the slawest rinner




disturbing
a wasp's nest - screams
from the slowest runner

causey
o duntin umberellaes -
burn o bricht wrack




street
of bumping umbrellas -
stream of bright flotsam

a peerie dug
bowfin
at the wund




a tiny dog
barking
at the wind

a train dirls ower
the airches - hameless
he drames anither life




a train rattles over
the arches - homeless
he dreams anither life

drave boats -
maws
ruggin the err apairt




herring boats -
gulls
tearing the air apart

muinlit vennel -
a wab
o glentin wires




moonlit alley -
a web
of glittering needles

butteries in a raw -
a conga
throuch the gairden




butterflies in a line-
a conga
through the garden

athort the rose petal
yalla beads rowe
...plash transparently




across the rose petal
yellow beads roll
...cascade transparently

auld attercap
wirkin'r wab -
granny wyevin




old spider
working her web -
grandmother knitting

kestin'r breid
the swan wins tae'r -
doontoon Leda




casting her bread
the swan comes to her -
downtown Leda

bikinis
i the gairden
aipples beamin




bikinis
in the garden
apples blushing

mornin incaains
threidin throuch
the maw-greit




morning prayers
threading through
the gull-cry

'FOGGIES' GAIRDEN' -
flooers
cum an gane




'VETERANS' GARDEN' -
flowers
come and gone

muin atween the cluds -
a fite bawdrons
snuves ahint the fence




moon between the clouds -
a white cat
glides behind the fence

tuim wine-bottle -
snail
fir a cork




empty wine-bottle -
snail
for a cork

weet hauds a wee -
crans
gae heelster gowdie




a break in the rain -
swifts
loop-the-loop

muinlicht
on the pianny keys -
sheddies i the hauf-notes




moonlight
on the piano keys -
shadows in the half-notes