eenin concert  -
the tuba chiel
gaithers aw the sinsheen




evening concert  -
the tuba player
gathers all the sunshine

apenin the hingers  -
aye poorin
...hivier the-day




opening the curtains  -
still raining
...heavier today

( for Angelee Deodhar)

stravaigin hoaliday  -
e'en ma sheddae's
sair




walking holiday  -
even my shadow
hurting

heizin frae the meedie
gay luvers
in daunce o butteries




rising from the meadow
gay lovers
in a dance of butterflies

claucht up
i the mawin  -
hauf a bummer




caught up
in the mowing  -
half a bee

unnerwatter wrack  -
locks o a river
stoorin on




underwater weeds  -
tresses of a river
rushing on

on a brainch
yin craw preens anither
...sappie in'ts derkness




on a branch
one crow preens another
...tender in its darkness

life's roond  -
a faither's day cart
frae a faither




life's cycle  -
a father's day card
from a father

rin-ower pheasie
...tasht
wattergaw




run-over pheasant
...crushed
rainbow

Zen maister

sic pace an caum

...years owerseein the swans

Zen master

such peace and tranquillity

...years tending the swans

mavis's egg  -
craw
dookin intae the reid-baw




thrush's egg  -
crow
dipping into the yolk

simmer hings
in a hinmaist berry
...sweirt tae plook it




summer hangs
in a last berry
...loath to pluck it

efter the bombin
the wae soond
o a moothie




after the bombing
the sad sound
of a harmonica

nursery's
watterside kettle
...gaislins stoorin, duntin




nursery's
riverside picnic
...goslings running, bumping

granfaither admires'r
nursery pentin
...she birls it richt wey up




grandfather admires
her nursery painting
...she turns it right way up

aw the wye tae the kirk
a butterie
jiggin




all the way to church
a butterfly
dancing

gym cless  -
athort the perk
cairtwheels rowin




gym class  -
across the park
cartwheels rolling

abuin the burn
crans'n midgies
in a deidly daunce




above the stream
swifts and mosquitos
in a deadly dance

ootby the zendo
on fluffert watter
the caum souch o swans




outside the zendo
on ruffled water
the peace of swans

incaains fir a caum souch  -
sheddae o a maw
muives athort us




prayers for peace  -
shadow of a gull
moves across us