yirdit the deein moose -
tentie o the mools
aw day




buried the dying mouse -
watched the grave
all day

mauks:
set
o the deid moose




bluebottles:
shape
of the dead mouse

in a dub
slawly mizzlin
cluds scud




in a puddle
slowly evaporating
clouds race

leaves fawin
in the gairden
a lane buttery veesits




leaves falling
in the garden
a lone butterfly visits

hairst redd up
ice-lollie steeks
deep i the hedge




autumn clear up
ice-lollie sticks
deep in the hedge

in the sinflooer's
derk iris
a skinklin galaxy




in the sunflower's
dark iris
a twinkling galaxy

the nicht
hoo the lift
pents itsel




tonight
how the sky
paints itself

autistic laddie
thrums's air-guitar
as guid as onie




autistic boy
strums his air-guitar
as good as any

ettlin tae jalouse
yer hit-an-miss steid -
snail




trying to figure out
your hit-and-miss trail -
snail

a lane swallae
wins ower the-day
pittin aff nae time




a lone swallow
passes over today
wasting no time

simmer dwinin
bum-bummin i the gairden
deein doun




summer fading
the humming in the garden
dying down

craw on the lamp-post
spreids's tail-fedders
a rax ma striddle




crow on the lamp-post
spreads his tail-feathers
I lengthen my stride

hinmaist week o simmer
reid rab a'ready
joukin amang us




last week of summer
the robin already
dodging among us

moch i the chaumer -
a drame o gowd stour
amang ma chist herr




moth in the bedroom -
I dream of gold dust
amongst my chest hair

brod set
wytein the veesitors
e'en the speens hearkenin




table set
awaiting the visitors
even the spoons listening

siller i the sin
snail's stravaigins
throuch the nicht




silver in the sun
snail's wanderings
through the night

glaizie pews
kneelers wurn smeeth:
releegious airt




shiny pews
kneelers worn smooth:
religious art

curdooin ower -
a train throu-gaun
intae the lown




lovemaking over -
a train passing
into the silence

leaves
colour o'r herr yince
flichterin throuch thaim




leaves
colour of her hair once
running through them

bummer stottin
sowpit lavender aw day -
cud be feelin blae




bee staggering
supped lavender all day -
could be feeling blue