weet blatters on thaim:
twa craws
staunin in inky dubs




rain beats on them:
two crows
standing in inky puddles

furst day o simmer time -
the playgrun chute
a siller watterfaw




first day of summer time -
the playground slide
a silver waterfall

silhouette airtist
sneckin aroon sheddaes
...fou muin




silhouette artist
snipping around shadows
...full moon

fawin flichans -
far awa swans
driftin




falling snowflakes -
distant swans
drifting

wundy agane -
craw hystes
a raggity weeng




windy again -
crow raises
a ragged wing

bawdrons skooks -
derk weengs
in's een




cat skulks -
dark wings
in his eyes

sica stramash
frae the nursery playgrun:
speuggies




such an uproar
from the nursery playground:
sparrows

thrang speug:
a lang threid o girse
tae wyve aroon'r




busy sparrow:
a long thread of grass
to weave around her

brainch sheddaes
jeegsawin the plainstanes -
bairns lowp amang thaim




branch shadows
jigsawing the pavement -
children hop among them

the cailleach
an the burn
...at thair ain slaw raik




the old lady
and the stream
...at their own slow pace

'incident trappin' dirls -
wund sclices throuch
the vennel lik a gullie




'incident tape' rattles -
wind slices through
the alley like a knife

a vause o tulips
oot-yallain the sin -
snod in ma chaumer




a vase of tulips
out-yellowing the sun -
snug in my den

furst gorblins -
voar juist gat
roarier




first fledglings -
spring just got
noisier

Guid Friday -
hailstanes scartin,
teirin the flesh




Good Friday -
hailstones sctratching,
tearing the flesh

cadger an's dug -
his dowie sang
follaes me hame




beggar and his dog -
his sad song
follows me home

fou muin -
maundy siller
fir awbodie




full moon -
maundy silver
for everyone


(Maundy Thursday)

shakkin wi lauchter:
the nuns
...the daffins




shaking with laughter:
the nuns
...the daffodils

yill bottle taps skailt -
he hunkers
refleckin on the galaxy




beer bottle tops scattered -
he sits
musing on the galaxy

simmer shows -
the attercap biggs
his hoose o dreid




summer fairground -
the spider builds
his house of horror

muinlicht -
a fite bawdrons slidderin
doon the gairden stairs




moonlight -
a white cat slithering
down the garden steps