new bairn
weanin -
muinlit serenade




new baby
suckling -
moonlit serenade

hoaspice veesit -
her furst staps
on a hinmaist rod




hospice visit -
her first steps
on a last road

muin leukin -
hungower
on muinsheen




moon viewing -
hungover
on moonshine

clear vause o roses -
deep in the watter
muckle breers




clear vase of roses -
deep in the water
magnified thorns

the oops-an-doons
o thair youthie lives
...skeetbrod perk




the ups-and-downs
of their young lives
...skateboard park

snip snip
makkin shroods
...sniper




snip snip
making shrouds
...sniper

a threesome
muinlichtin:
sin yirth muin




a trio
moonlighting:
sun earth moon

peerie tots at
rugby trainin -
faithers hunker dwaumin...




tiny-tots at
rugby training -
fathers sit dreaming...

on bygaun
cumulus cluds
maw-scarts




on passing
cumulus clouds
gull-scribbles

a deavance o snails
dunt an scrunt
...thair castanets




a plague of snails
bump and grind
...their castanets

mornin glory
tooters
while thrapplin the rose




morning glory
trumpets
whilst strangling the rose

fush-cadger's van
reekin o the sea -
maws in'ts wauk




fishmonger's van
smelling of the sea -
gulls in its wake

butterie -
ilka vaig
a daunce




butterfly -
every journey
a dance

wild-flooer seeds
fund in's pooch
...bydein resurrectioun




wild-flower seeds
found in his pocket
...awaiting resurrection

yin
bygaun thocht:
clud




one
passing thought:
cloud

picnic -
butterflies and
flies in the butter


(Winner CCK#52 (play on words)

granbairn
rins skirlin -
ghaists amang the waashin




grandchild
runs screaming -
ghosts amongst the washing

fremmit flooers -
a reid admiral
sattles on ma guidwife




exotic flowers -
a red admiral
settles on my wife

faither's bothy -
bottle scrievit 'weed killer'
reekin o fusky




father's hut -
bottle marked 'weed killer'
smelling of whisky

clessroom globe -
nebs gove oot
frae africae




classroom globe -
faces stare out
from africa