shairly gliskit
frae space:
Yirth's caunles fir the deid



surely seen
from space:
Earth's candles for the dead

amang the sterns
a skimmerin daunce
...fireflees




among the stars
a glittering dance
...fireflies

mallard deuks
bobbin in a reeng
...emerant carket




mallard ducks
bobbing in a circle
...emerald necklace

november tirl
throuch the wab -
a deid flee dirls




november breeze
through the web -
a dead fly quivers

(All Souls' Day)

ablow the rodden tree
the cailleach reddin snaw
...her reid neb




below the rowan tree
the old lady clearing snow
...her red nose

aneath the tree
the bodach dovers
hapt in a wab




beneath the tree
the old man dozes
wrapped in a web

aneath
the persimmon tree
bawdrons' yalla een




beneath
the persimmon tree
cat's yellow eyes

breist clinic  -
blitheness i the een
o a fyow




breast clinic  -
joy in the eyes
of a few

hairst -
unnerwatter leaves
ooplichtin the burn





autumn -
submerged leaves
uplighting the stream

skairin
the bluid i ma veins  -
mosquito




sharing
the blood in my veins  -
mosquito

a clair blae lift  -
contrails
steekin the warl thegither




a clear blue sky  -
contrails
stitching the world together

hallae e'en  -
the dirlin skellets
o deid leaves




halloween  -
the rattling skeletons
of dead leaves

peerie laddie pishin  -
ettles tae shoot doon
a bygaun flee




little boy pissing  -
tries to shoot down
a passing fly

a lang life
o bricht sins:
the persimmon tree




a lifetime
of bright suns:
the persimmon tree

persimmons
faw an daise
...croonin o the bummers




persimmons
fall and rot
...singing of the bees

nicht fushin  -
wi the muin an orion...
pisces




night fishing  -
with the moon and orion...
pisces

tirran's stookie  -
liggs a derkness
on the yirth




tyrant's statue  -
lays a darkness
on the earth

unner
the persimmon tree
sketchin wi wurds




under
the persimmon tree
sketching with words

sauch leaves faw
ligg as threepin picturs:
tree wi muin




willow leaves fall
lie as ideograms:
tree with moon

the leaves hae gane
lea'in
a derk scart




the leaves have gone
leaving
a dark scribble