i the press

fernyear's bulbs sproot  -  

kennin it's voar afore ah dae

in the cupboard

last year's bulbs sprout  -  

knowing its spring before I do

sic douceness  -

the lily's

braith

such sweetness  -

the lily's

breath

sinlicht sprauchles

on the cairpet

wabbit frae sica vaig

sunlight sprawls

on the carpet

weary from such a journey

this mornin

the lily apened

...dumfoonert

this morning

the lily opened

...astonished

 bannock tuesday  -

the mill's bummer trombones

...anither Mardi Gras

pancake tuesday  -

the factory's horn trombones

...another Mardi Gras

blae bonnets on brainches

frae tap tae boddom

...cheetlin scale

blue tits on branches

from top to bottom

...twittering scale

bodach  

cairryin's feesic hame

...hert in a poke

old man

carrying his medicine home

...heart in a  bag

a dander i the perk  -

taigilt in dug-luve

it ilka step

a walk in the park  -

tangled in dog-love

at every step

his bombed hame  -

the anely licht is sinlicht

sypin throuch bullet-holes

his bombed home  -

the only light is sunlight

seeping through bullet-holes

tree fellers muive in   -

hameless craws

girnin

tree fellers move in  -

homeless crows

grumbling

bygaun the nursery

kittlie yatterin

...dernit burds

passing the nursery

excited chattering

...hidden birds

peerie crocus  -

blate

amang the daffins

tiny crocus  -

shy

amongst the daffodils

mr an mrs saw neb

soomin fit fir fit

on this Valentine's day

mr and mrs goosander

swimming side by side

on this Valentine's day

 gloamin -

alang the watterside

snawdrap bouets hing

twilight  -

along the riverside

snowdrop lanterns hang

maggies i the gairden

hop an daff

...chess cums tae mynd

magpies in the garden

hop and play

...chess comes to mind

tooer lowe  -

the tuim shall

stauns, a lairstane

tower fire  -

the empty shell

stands, a gravestone

a tinglin frae the wuids  -

whaur the burn rins

an blaebells growe

a tinkling from the woods  -

where the stream runs

and bluebells grow

kirk flair

fou o crecks

...whaur the yirth muived

church floor

full of cracks

...where the earth moved

a petal faws

ontae the jotter

...scriever's jam ower

a petal falls

onto the notebook

...writer's block over

...

a quate queir

aboot tae croon

...daffins apenin

a silent choir

about to sing

...daffodils opening