throuch the derk wuid  -
daffins
lichtin a peth




through the dark wood  -
daffodils
lighting a path

bleckies
it houghmagandie  -
tulips git a reidie




blackbirds
mating  -
tulips start to blush

he flees amang cluds an aw  -
esscock
i the burn




he too flies among clouds  -
dipper
in the stream

fou muin  -
a new granbairn
sookin




full moon  -
a new grandchild
suckling

bi the lochside
swans gaither
...craigs threidin Celtic fankles




by the lochside
swans gather
...necks threading Celtic knots

bygaun thayr tuim hoose  -
her peerie pree
aye on the lozen




passing their empty house  -
her tiny kiss
still on the pane

voar buds
raxin throuch
...a granbairn aboot tae be




spring buds
pushing through
...a grandchild about to be

aw day fellin treen -
a nicht
o monie muins




all day felling trees  -
a night
of many moons

bumbazed  -
the Manhattan skyline
tackit tae the muin




amazed  -
the Manhattan skyline
tacked to the moon

bings o sawins
alang the watterside
...quait




piles of sawdust
along the riverside
...silence

foggies' kettle  -
the priest
wullnae gie ower croonin



pensioners' picnic  -
the priest
won't stop singing

fou lenten muin  -
efter the nicht
...festin




full lenten moon  -
after tonight
...fasting

neb tae the bowlie
she speers:
whit'r the gowdfush threepin?




nose to the bowl
she asks:
what are the goldfish saying?

i the ceetie's ruinage
a stoundin heart  -
speuggie




in the city's ruins
a beating heart  -
sparrow

feshin-in sinsheen
tae the chaumer  -
bowlie o dafffins




fetching-in sunshine
to the room  -
bowl of daffodils

furst snawfaw
i the gairden
blate snawdraps




first snowfall
in the garden
shy snowdrops

granny's shoogler
heich on the cairt
...fluidwatter




grandmother's rocking-chair
high on the cart
...floodwater

the weet's devault  -
nakit brainches skimmer
wi new flourish




the rain's stopped  -
naked branches shimmer
with new blossom

his auld dug's deid  -
flaes
aye invade the hoose




his old dog's dead  -
fleas
still invade the house

beikin'r hauns
it the ingle
...poinsettia




warming her hands
at the fireside
...poinsettia