raggity
election posters
...clutterin




tattered
election posters
...cluttering

wund
hysts an sattles
hysts an sattles the mornin




wind
lifts and settles
lifts and settles the morning

anither Yule tree  -
ilka thingum a myndin
...rosit clagginess




another Christmas tree  -
each bauble a memory
...resin stickiness

trains airtin northart
echa i the airch
he dovers unner




trains heading north
echo in the arch
he sleeps under

sea souch  -
sclimin the reegin
o a heich-strung net...wabster




sea breeze  -
climbing the rigging
of a high-strung net...spider

carnival nicht
airms fou o teddy-bears  -
sniper hame on leave




carnival night
arms full of teddy-bears  -
sniper home on leave

doverin  -
her cadgin cup
hauden oot in a jeelt haun




asleep  -
her begging cup
held out in a frozen hand

craw
reenges a crisp poke
...hern's sneist




crow
searches a crisp packet
 ...heron's disdain

up an doon
the wab threid
the sin's finger pizzicatos




up and down
the web's thread
the sun's finger pizzicatos

on the platform
eildit trainspotters
...stame poorin frae thayr mous



on the platform
aged trainspotters
...steam pouring from their mouths

hairst leaves fawin  -
on a peerie lassie's heid
a croun




autumn leaves falling  -
on a little girl's head
a crown

freesty mornin 
jookin intae the greenhoose
...a haiku taks ruit




frosty morning 
nipping into the greenhouse
...a haiku takes root

scushin leaves  -
hairst
shenachies




shuffling leaves  -
autumn
storytellers

armistice day
it the rugby cairn
...wull thae ken we touched doon?



armistice day
at the rugby memorial
...will they know we touched down?

owernicht
the wund's added mair
tae the leafy jeegsaw




overnight
the wind's added more
to the leafy jigsaw

quatin the doctor's
a craw follaes me  -
does he ken sumthin?




leaving the doctor's
a crow follows me  -
does he know something?

skwurrel
stoorin alang the wa
...peerie hurdler




squirrel
racing along the wall
...little hurdler

skrank craigs, bauldie-heidit  -
hairst-lik days
fir the pish-the-beds




skinny necks, bald-headed  -
autumnal days
for the dandelions

amang the leaves
chessies oot o thayr shall
...broon een




among the leaves
chestnuts out of their shell
...brown eyes

hairst  -
i the schuil playgrun
the bairgin o conkers




autumn  -
in the school playground
the collision of chestnuts