day-daw -
mornin glories
unfauldin




dawn -
morning glories
unfolding

newly come hame  - 
sheddaed in her een
a warl yit tae be neemit




new born  -
shadowed in her eyes
a world yet to be named

'Jazz Record Seek'  -
tooters o nasturtium
swey i the gairden




'Jazz Record Requests'  -
trumpets of nasturtium
sway in the garden

Daddy-long-legs i the wab
Gizzent:
Weengs, trams, bouk, yin flet streek




crane fly in the web
sucked dry:
wings, legs, body, one flat line

roses' 
sindert heids
...a braw wreath




roses'
severed heads
...a fine wreath

suddentlie
the soun o laneliness:
whaup on the muir




suddenly
the sound of loneliness:
curlew on the moor

muinless nicht -
i the derk watter
the mudge o sterns




moonless night  -
in the dark river
the movement of stars

curmurrin watter:
a makar takkin tent o
ilka day




murmuring river:
a poet listened to
every day

the aul gairdner
doverin
...wallant rose heids




the old gardener
dozing
...drooping rose heads

maternity dept:
veesitin oor
pink an blae balloons jundie




maternity dept:
visiting hour
pink and blue balloons jostle

babbie snail
reengin
fir'ts hame




baby snail
searching
for its home

the auld scuil  -
natur glunshes the playgrun
binweed pikes the sneck




the old school  -
nature gobbles the playground
bindweed picks the lock

graduation parawd  -
e'en the flooers
raxin thair craigs




graduation parade  -
even the flowers
craning their necks

weedin pish-the-beds  -
his fite heid
amang fite heids




weeding dandelions  -
his white head
amongst white heads

on ilka wa
the graffiti
o sodgers' sheddaes




on every wall
the graffiti
of soldiers' shadows

deid moose  -
yince sae blate
the day landlord tae unco fowk




dead mouse  -
once so shy
today host to strangers

furst granbairn  -
crans wappin dosses
ower the hansel




first grandchild  -
swifts tying bows
over the gift

ablow the meypole
she breist-feeds'r bairn
...cosmic wab




below the maypole
she breast-feeds her child
...cosmic web

on the burn
a bricht wattergaw  -
fume o diesel




on the stream
a bright rainbow  -
smell of diesel

it the sushi coonter
sautit braze  -
myndin her tears




at the sushi counter
salted bream  -
remembering her tears