arthritic:

his banes runchin

wrochtin thayr ain aises

arthritic:

his bones grinding

making their own ashes

unner the tree

a fawen egg  -

sumhin's sookit oot the sangburd

under the tree

a fallen egg  -

something's sucked out the songbird

obituary:

...a brush hus

skytit frae the cannas

obituary:

...a brush has

slipped from the canvas

sneddin ma herr

i the gairden

... haip o thrisseldoon 

cutting my hair

in the garden

...heap of thistledown

bydein the licht

sweelt i the hap o'ts sel  -

mornin glory

awaiting the light

wrapped in the blanket of itself  -

morning glory

 baurber shewn-up  -

deein o cancer

his thocht's ma herr!

barber closed  -

dying of cancer

his concern's my hair!

(For Sandy)

nIcht veesitors  -

the siller jeegsaw

o snail steids

night visitors  -

the silver jigsaw

of snail tracks

lockdoon ower  -

the burn's banjo

new seeds jiggin on the err

lockdown over  -

the stream's banjo

new seeds dancing on the air

yin clap!

an a synchronized soom

o minnons

one clap!

and a sychronized

swim of minnows

attercaps

it houghmagandie

... snorlie threid

spiders

making love

...knotted thread

crematorium  -

her sinbrunt

dowie yins

crematorium  -

her sunburnt

mourners

gairden fou

o the brawest jazz jiggers

...butteries

garden full

of the best jazz jivers 

...butterflies

lockdoon  -

the day a butterie

gaed by 

lockdown  -

today a butterfly

passed by

college hooses  -

tap flair hained

fir theology scholars?

university flats  -

top floor reserved

for theology students?

petal bi petal

the speengie rose

tirls

petal by petal

the peony rose

undresses

clam mornin  -

the wuid souchs oot

a douce braith

damp morning  -

the forest exudes

a sweet breath

hameless  -  doverin

on the ootdoor chess-brod

...pawn

homeless  -  asleep

on the outdoor chess-board

...pawn

 craws wesh i the burn

maws wesh upstream

...the maggies keckle

crows wash in the stream

gulls wash upstream

...the magpies chortle

 rescuin a bummer

she feshes me

a bizzin bicker

rescuing a bee

she brings me

a buzzing beaker

 efter lockdoon

this year's speuggies

dinnae ken whit tae mak o's

after lockdown

this year's sparrows

don't know what to make of us