the watter slidders by  -
weet feshin oot
the creepy -crawlies




the river slithers by  -
rain bringing out
the creepy-crawlies

voar
greening
the burn




spring
greening
the stream

pish-the-beds  -
universe
o sins an muins




dandelions  -
universe
of suns and moons

i the derkness
the puppieteer snites towes:
bairns lauch...greit




in the darkness
the puppeteer tweaks strings:
children laugh ...cry

fou muin...
granny's
pandrops




full moon...
grandmother's
pandrops

the blin chiel
screedin aff the braille
o's apened flooers




the blind man
reading the braille
of his opened flowers

in's gairden
the dozed sailboat
...he aye drames yit




in his garden
the rotting sailboat
...he still dreams on

maws skirlin
sey runchin shalls -
ma buik o shanties




gulls keening
sea grinding shells -
my book of shanties

on the altar
caunles lowe
...yalla roses




on the altar
candles flame
...yellow roses

throuch's lace hinger
ma neebor
...attercap




through his lace curtain
my neighbour
...spider

watter in spate
stoorin
tae tryst wi the lift...agane




swollen river
racing
to meet with the sky...again

mornin
o the fooneral
bluebells




morning
of the funeral
bluebells

oot
frae the cosmic core
this peerie burd cheetlin




out
from the cosmic core
this tiny bird chirping

cancer  - 
his spaul bleds:
angels' weengs sprootin




cancer  -
his shoulder blades:
angels' wings sprouting

bleckie's
jeckit embryo  -
murtherin maggie




blackbird's
discarded embryo  -
murdering magpie

a mornin
o pink dubs
alang gean-tree rod




a morning
of pink puddles 
along cherry-tree road

abuin kirkyaird brae
cluds
heavin, shiftin




above cemetery hill
clouds
rising, transforming

gean orchard  -
cumuli-fou
lift




cherry orchard  -
cumuli-filled
sky

intae the mools
a rose  -
twa sonnets ower




into the grave
a rose  -
two stories ended

i the gairden
the gean tree
...learnin




in the garden
the cherry tree
...teaching