sin
on the daffin perks  -
samen sin
on the perks o slauchter




sun
on the playing fields  -
same sun
on the killing fields

follaein snail's pad
maggie
cums deezie




following snail's trail
magpie
becomes dizzy

fou muin  -
aipple flourish
fite




full moon  -
apple blossom
white

snail's
siller runes  -
tells o muinlicht




snail's
silver runes  -
tales of moonlight

auld grewhoond
tentie o the mappies  -
his dowie een




old greyhound
watching the rabbits  -
his sad eyes

he feeds's fruit treen

bluid'n bane

...reid reid aipples

he feeds his fruit trees

blood and bone

...red red apples

hunkert it the door
o's hedge tenement  -
eenin speuggie




sitting at the door
of his hedge tenement  -
evening sparrow

tummlin
throuch the brainches  -
maggie the pierrot




tumbling
through the branches  -
magpie the pierrot

Pace paraud
throuch the daffins
...lichtit caunles




Easter procession
through the daffodils
...lighted candles

fou muin  -
daffins
muinglowe




full moon  -
daffodils
moonglow

throuch the derk wuid  -
daffins
lichtin a peth




through the dark wood  -
daffodils
lighting a path

bleckies
it houghmagandie  -
tulips git a reidie




blackbirds
mating  -
tulips start to blush

he flees amang cluds an aw  -
esscock
i the burn




he too flies among clouds  -
dipper
in the stream

fou muin  -
a new granbairn
sookin




full moon  -
a new grandchild
suckling

bi the lochside
swans gaither
...craigs threidin Celtic fankles




by the lochside
swans gather
...necks threading Celtic knots

bygaun thayr tuim hoose  -
her peerie pree
aye on the lozen




passing their empty house  -
her tiny kiss
still on the pane

voar buds
raxin throuch
...a granbairn aboot tae be




spring buds
pushing through
...a grandchild about to be

aw day fellin treen -
a nicht
o monie muins




all day felling trees  -
a night
of many moons

bumbazed  -
the Manhattan skyline
tackit tae the muin




amazed  -
the Manhattan skyline
tacked to the moon

bings o sawins
alang the watterside
...quait




piles of sawdust
along the riverside
...silence