Flanders puppies:
shivereens o sinlicht
...queeverin




Flanders poppies:
smithereens of sunlight
...quivering


(W.W.1 1914-2014)

hert-sair weedae
preein the sea
in's duddies




grief-stricken widow
tasting the sea
in his clothes

in'r goonie
the cailleach
croons tae the swan




in her nightgown
the old lady
sings to the swan

waddin
gean flourish
squirls an frulls




wedding
cherry blossom
flounces and frills

i the bombed kirk
a bairn
...skailt chalice




in the bombed church
a child
...spilt chalice

daffins
appenin
...ettlin tae croon




daffodils
opening
...wanting to sing

voar
slawly daubs colour
...spleitert palette




spring
slowly dabs colour
...spattered palette

frae the quate
buds
dunch athort the thrashel




from the silence
buds
ease across the threshold

nicht fushin -
quarter muin's
siller preen




night fishing -
crescent moon's
silver hook

voar -
throuch gray vennels
a reid bike




spring -
through grey streets
a red bicycle

Mardi Gras -
burd-brods
thrang




Mardi Gras -
bird-tables
crowded

maw skirl
i the ceetie -
swaws o greenin




gull cry
in the city -
waves of longing

snawdraps
as on yer waddin day -
time's ayebydand bob




snowdrops
as on your wedding day -
time's eternal posy

awbodie's bodie
draps a note -
wuns back his blateness




ten times champion
fluffs a note -
wins back his modesty

on the pianny
a vause o daffins
...skimmerin Chopin




on the piano
a vase of daffodils
...shimmering Chopin

(mainich daily news)

nicht puil -
fush hove
tae crottles o sterns




night pool -
fish rise
to crumbs of stars


(Mainichi Daily News)

granfaither
babby-settin -
bairn goos'm ower




grandfather
baby-sitting -
baby croodles him asleep

sparks hing on brainches -
throuch-licht's spectrum
flourishes




raindrops hang on branches -
through-light's spectrum
blossoms

brennin his auld lair -
reek's thrawins
o luve an daith




burning his old bed -
smoke's writhings
of love and death

fusslin wund
fashless -
cowpt lums




whistling wind
unconcerned -
toppled chimneys