kingfisher
brung blae tae the mornin,
dookin he eikit siller




kingfisher
brought blue to the morning,
diving he added silver

throuch the onding
the bodach wyves  -  fou?
...leaky shuin!




through the downpour
the old man weaves  -  drunk?
...leaky shoes!

granfaither's hose  -
she skooshes a wattergaw
ontae the pansies



grandfather's hose  -
she sprays a rainbow
onto the pansies

riven jazz poster  -
bitties o blae
i the wund




torn jazz poster  -
bits of blue
in the wind

hairst blaws in  -
e'en the dub
chitterin




autumn blows in  -
even the pond
shivering

pewlin wund  -
the wab
boos lik the blues




wailing wind  -
the web
bends like the blues

ootby the maisic chaumer
twa youthie maws
...ettlin tae git in tuin




outside the music room
two young gulls
...trying to get in tune

whaur the wattergaw
skifft the burn
a kingfisher




where the rainbow
touched the stream
a kingfisher

hameless
doverin on the baunk
...whaur the watter skites the clints




homeless
sleeping on the riverbank
...where the water hits the rocks

bairns
smirks's bricht as berries
nou this mingin cargae...weir




children
smiles as bright as berries
now this rotting cargo...war

nicht watchie
daein's roonds  -
fou muin




night watchman
doing his rounds  -
full moon

she maks a purpie sin
wi playdough
...an fettles a brucken sodger




she makes a purple sun
with playdough
...and mends a broken soldier

a day bairnsittin  -
granny geegles
an wammles in'r sloum




a day babysitting  -
grandmother giggles
and wriggles in her sleep

jennie-lang-legs
lowst frae the wab
dis a wee daunce




cranefly
freed from the web
does a little dance

his hinmaist eemage:

a butterie it rist...

syne een steekit...weengs apened

his last image:

a butterfly at rest...

then eyes closed...wings opened

Tai Chi  -
dugs reeng'm yowlin
...dae they snowk teeger?




Tai Chi  -
dogs surround him barking
...do they smell tiger?

liggin hert tae hert
tentie
o the rackets




lying heart to heart
listening
to the fireworks

auld pictur frame

leukin throuch't...
ilk sicht a maisterpiece

old picture frame  

looking through it...

each scene a masterpiece

bricht sin  -
fir'r burthday granfaither
weirs a claen sark




bright sun  -
for her birthday grandad
wears a clean shirt

lit caunles
tears as they mouten  -
Nagasaki day




lit candles
tears as they melt  -
Nagasaki day