hingin
humminburd
haudin ma braith




hanging
hummingbird
holding my breath

rodden tree
biggin yir berries  -
nivver oot o contract




rowan tree
building your berries  -
never out of contract

fou muin  -
snail's trails
...sic embroidery




full moon  -
snail's trails
...such embroidery

a troot lowpin
a ploom fawin
...day o wunners!




a trout leaping
a plum falling
...day of wonders!

yorlin
its fedders fuffelt
...caunle i the wund




yellowhammer
its feathers ruffled
...candle in the wind

i the wee-oors
on the uisual clint
...hern cleedin hissel




early morning
on the usual rock
...heron dressing himself

furst day it schuil
she shaws'r tint tuith
...cums thayr hero




first day at school
she shows her missing tooth
...becomes their hero

i the burn's
derk keekin-gless
...dernt thingums




in the stream's
dark mirror
...hidden things

corsin the brig  -
a suddent blae thocht:
keeng's fisher




crossing the bridge  -
a sudden blue thought:
kingfisher

an auld fere
pauchlin alang  -
a ettle'n ettle tae owerhy...




an old friend
shuffling along  --
I try and try to catch up...

interruptin
the collogue  -
skwurrel on'r phone line




interrupting
the conversation  -  squirrel
on her telephone line

douche drames  -
snail doverin
inby the straeberry




sweet dreams  -
slug asleep
inside the strawberry

ragtime pianny  -
i the gairden
a maggie haps




ragtime piano  -
in the garden
a magpie hops

bi the
the neb-pentin tent
a peacock butterie



by the
the face-painting tent
a peacock butterfly

poacher's bothy  -
i the muinlit winnock
a saumon skimmers




poacher's cottage  -
in the moonlit window
a salmon glitters

ootby the
REHABILITATION DEPT.
a hippity craw




outside the
REHABILITATION DEPT.
a crippled crow

quat on the porch
the ukulele
plays itsel




left on the porch
the ukulele
plays itself

sparks fawin
intae the sea
...wheel o burth'n daith




raindrops falling
into the sea
...wheel of birth and death

daein a jeegsaw
thegither  -
cluds'n me




doing a jigsaw
together  -
clouds and I

in aw
the hingin sparks
the yin sin




in all
the hanging raindrops
the one sun