on the altar
caunles lowe
...yalla roses




on the altar
candles flame
...yellow roses

throuch's lace hinger
ma neebor
...attercap




through his lace curtain
my neighbour
...spider

watter in spate
stoorin
tae tryst wi the lift...agane




swollen river
racing
to meet with the sky...again

mornin
o the fooneral
bluebells




morning
of the funeral
bluebells

oot
frae the cosmic core
this peerie burd cheetlin




out
from the cosmic core
this tiny bird chirping

cancer  - 
his spaul bleds:
angels' weengs sprootin




cancer  -
his shoulder blades:
angels' wings sprouting

bleckie's
jeckit embryo  -
murtherin maggie




blackbird's
discarded embryo  -
murdering magpie

a mornin
o pink dubs
alang gean-tree rod




a morning
of pink puddles 
along cherry-tree road

abuin kirkyaird brae
cluds
heavin, shiftin




above cemetery hill
clouds
rising, transforming

gean orchard  -
cumuli-fou
lift




cherry orchard  -
cumuli-filled
sky

intae the mools
a rose  -
twa sonnets ower




into the grave
a rose  -
two stories ended

i the gairden
the gean tree
...learnin




in the garden
the cherry tree
...teaching

fou muin  -
fite lowe
o the paschal caunle




full moon  -
white flame
of the paschal candle

intae the gairden
a gled  -
stramash o weengs




into the garden
a hawk  -
cacaphony of wings

hoaspice flooers  -
thair sheddaes
sprauchlin nar




hospice flowers  -
their shadows
creeping closer

suddent sherp wund  -
the daffins
skew awa




sudden sharp wind  -
the daffodils
turn away

fitba i the perk  -
daffins an croci
prood i thair colours




football in the park  -
daffodils and croci
proud in their colours

ma baurber
soops me doon
...aumond flourishins faw




my barber
brushes me down
...almond blossom falls

derk cluds  -
craws gang doon
on the burd-brod




dark clouds  -
crows descend
on the bird-table

bride posin
bi the watterside  -  a swan
gaes intil the derk burn




bride posing
on the riverbank  -  a swan
enters the dark stream