the stag
gralloched -
its croun o jaggies




the stag
hung to bleed -
its crown of thorns

shakit
i the wund's teeth:
butteries




shaken
in the wind's teeth:
butterflies

plooms faw
ligg
...peerie purpie hurdies




plums fall
lie
...little purple buttocks

furst burthday -
balloons,gulshichs,
an time's smirkin mou




first birthday -
balloons,cakes,
and time's grinning maw

buddleia
simmer howf
o drucken bees




buddleia
summer tavern
of drunken bees

maws
an kitties
the fushin fleet




gulls
and kittiwakes
the fishing fleet

swaws rattlin -
spairge
o tasht watergaws




waves crashing -
spray
of broken rainbows

pea pouin -
faither's skep fou
o apened huils




pea picking -
dad's basket full
of opened pods

quat
i the yalla gowans
an eenin's lowe




left
in the buttercups
an evening's glow

coortin kipple...
the muin's
a keeker




young lovers...
the moon's
a peeping tom

simmer -
trystin wi
a fusslin chiel




summer -
meeting
a whistling man

sinflooer
raxin heicher
...ayont the bairn...ayont me




sunflower
inching higher
...past the child...past me

abuin'r kist
a swan
risein




above her coffin
a swan
ascending

frae'r carebed
bairn's vices
...furder ilka day




from her sickbed
children's voices
...further each day

.

wull rose  -
bummer
pikes it i the ee




wild rose  -
bee
pokes it in the eye

.

daikerin
yer auld chaumer  -
fitein-oot the ghaists




decorating
your old room  -
whiteing-out the ghosts

treds week-end -
brickies
croonin




tradesmen's holidays -
bricklayers
singing

cuddie ferr -
huifbates raingin
spitten haunshaks




horse fair -
hoofbeats ringing
spitten handshakes

fush lowpin...
a haiku
slawly hovein




fish jumping...
a haiku
slowly surfacing

at the fuit
o a croonin buss -
bawdrons




at the foot
of a singing bush -
cat