lichtnin -
stappin frae a clud
a crofter wi's hey-sned




lightning -
stepping from a cloud
a hill-farmer with his scythe

in the winnock
an attercap's wab
...he hauds up her lung x-ray




in the window
a spider's web
...he holds up her lung x-ray

flicht hindert -
oors tentie o
crans' aerobatics




flight delayed -
hours watching
swifts' aerobatics

aw day
the pyned rairs
as the auld aik dees




all day
the agonized roars
as the old oak dies

murtherer bawdrons
contert -
bleckie awes me a sang




killer cat
thwarted -
blackbird owes me a song

amissin bairn  -
the mither:
fingers daffin wi fingers




missing child  -
the mother:
fingers playing with fingers

furst mappie
o the year
...wrocht o cluds




first rabbit
of the year
...made of clouds

mornin blues  -
in a neuk
attercap thrums a threid




morning blues  -
in a corner
spider strums a thread

peerie fleein draigon
brucken awa
...butterie




little kite
broken free
...butterfly

alang wi voar
her herr
growein back agane




along with spring
her hair
growing back again

Guid Friday -
cruciform a maw snuves
athort the lift




Good Friday -
cruciform a gull glides
across the sky

sica  lang weir...
her herr
a'ready in pleats




such a long war...
her hair
already in pigtails

agin the derk
skinklin ploom flourish -
splairge o luve




against the dark
glittering plum blossom -
splash of love

howkin throuch
thair coats -
bummer amang gean flourish




rummaging through
their petticoats -
bee among cherry blossom

the auld pipie
chisty nou
pipie an pipes'r yin




the old piper
bronchial now
piper and bagpipes are one

plooin tyme -
the slawly turnin
yirth




ploughing time -
the slowly turning
earth

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