voar' green nebs  -
we gaither roon
the bairn's furst scan pictur




spring's green tips  -
we gather round
baby's first scan picture

fou muin  -
doverin, her wyvin faws
rowes oot the door




full moon  -
dozing, her knitting falls
rolls out the door

a laddie wins awa  -
back i the gairden
a trummlin brainch




a son emigrates  -
back in the garden
a trembling branch

throuch brainches  -
the sin sneddin
sheddaes oot o the freest




through branches  -
the sun cutting
shadows out of the frost

fou muin  -
wunter treen streek oot
fleggin the bairns




full moon  -
winter trees stretch out
frightening the children

in a hinmaist
leam o sinlicht
speuggie beeks hissel




in a last
ray of sunlight
sparrow warms himself

artic wunds  -
reid rab
wi's reid gravat




artic winds  -
robin
with his red scarf

Bethlehem bairns
daff at bools
glowert at throuch corsherrs




Bethlehem children
play marbles
watched through crosshairs

fou muin  -
the blin chiel's crummock
proggin




full moon  -
the blind man's stick
probing

bi the blawn-doon
T.V. aerial
snail  -  his antenny proggin




by the blown-down
T.V. aerial
snail  -  his antenna probing

blowster  -
'guid mornin' smirk
blawn awa




Gale  -
'good morning' smile
blown away

tai chi 
poussin tuimness
...sweetin




tai chi 
pushing emptiness
...sweating

heelster-gowdie
on the sliddery plainstanes  -
daikert bleck an blae




head-over-heels
on the icy pavement  -
decorated black and blue

blue bonnet  -
wappin
amang the eeshogels




bluetit -
enormous
amongst the icicles

trauchlin hame  -
derk muins o'r crummock
i the snaw




trudging home  -
dark moons of her walking stick
in the snow

skirlin skech  -
auld maw
tint his sey-shanks




screaming scavenger  -
old gull
lost his sea-legs

midnicht express
pewlin
...teuk  a fere tae heiven




midnight express
wailing
...took a friend to heaven

the muezzin crys  -
awbody taks on
the set o incaain




the muezzin calls  -
everybody assumes
the shape of prayer

the cailleach
hauns cuppin the quaich
...curlt hairst leaves




the old lady
hands cupping the chalice
...curled autumnal leaves

For some time I have greatly enjoyed the haiku of the New York Haijin: Jack Galmitz
I was thrilled when Jack asked me if I'd translate some of his stuff, so here we go enjoy!
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an abandoned lot: weeds tall as men, a shopping cart

a forleetit larach: growthe heich as chiels, a message cairt

an abandoned lot: a water-stained mattress, goldenrod

a forleetit larach: a watter-staint mattrass, gowdenrod

an abandoned lot: Trees of Heaven, auto parts

a forleetit larach: Treen o Heiven, caur brock

an abandoned lot: a large cardboard carton, a cooking pot

a forleetit larach: a muckle cairdboard cairton, a kettle

the moon knows not what it is I'm looking at

the muin disnae ken whit it is am leukin till