hinny dreips
intae the tost's howes -
douce perks o Bulgaria




honey drips
into the toast's cavities -
sweet fields of Bulgaria

weengs streekit
scart stauns on a clint
neb tae the licht




cruciform on a rock
cormorant stands
face to the light

the auld cuddie
stauns govein
intae the wund




the old horse
stands staring
into the wind

monks chaunt
blue bonnet pikes the cill:
mait we cannae see





monks chant
blue tit pecks the cill:
food we can't see

birslin wedder
a haip o snaw
ootby the ice-rink




scorching weather
a heap of snow
outside the ice-rink

freens oxter an pairt -
in the lift
soothboond geese




friends hug and part -
in the sky
southbound geese

furst leaves fawin
a laddie stauns
pikein's neb




first leaves falling
a young boy stands
picking his nose

throuch the wuids
a trail o tuim
chessie huils




through the woods
a trail of empty
chestnut shells

e'en in ma den
leaves fawin
...the bonsai




even in my den
leaves falling
...the bonsai

throuch the brucken paling
ma neebor -
baith o's up in years




through the broken fence
my neighbour -
both of us growing old

on the fitbaw pitch
yin hauf sea-maws
yin hauf craws




on the football field
one half seagulls
one half crows

hairst:
an umwhile bummer
chacks ilka fuchsia bell




autumn:
a late bee
checks each fuchsia bell

ambulance ilka day:
ma neebor stours'r
glooms oot an awa




daily ambulance:
my neighbour rushes her
depression out...away

brucken shanks
blawn intae a neuk
aye flourishin




broken stalks
blown into a corner
still blossoming

postie
scartin's heid -
a wesps' byke bi the sneck




postman
scratching his head -
a wasps' nest by the latch

liftin the peerie snail
broozilt its shall -
it snuves aff wi the lave




lifting the baby snail
crushed its shell -
it glides off with what's left

the nicht it taps
e'en the fleedlit castle:
the fleedlit muin




tonight it tops
even the floodlit castle:
the floodlit moon

a fest day...
is...
a...slaw...day




a fast day...
is...
a...slow...day

the cailleach rouns
the stookie on her knees -
a lassie ootpits a text




the old lady rounds
the statue on her knees -
a young girl texts

Haly Mass
aneath leaf umberellaes
speuggies




Holy Mass
beneath leaf umbrellas
sparrows