new keekin-gless  -
yon bodach
aye thayr




new mirror  -
that old man
still there

Alzheimer's  -  she hunkers
tentie o the gowk knock
...an thayr'r tears




Alzheimer's  -  she sits
watching the cuckoo clock
...and there are tears

deep i the wuids
a bob o daffins
ringit roon wi caunles




deep in the woods
a bunch of daffodils
surrounded by candles

bumbazed butterie
reengin fir flooers
in februar




bewildered butterfly
searching for flowers
in february

stoorin
tae schuil  -
snawdrap bells shooglin




rushing
to school  -
snowdrop bells shaking

he greits fir geegaws  -
in damascus
bairns daff wi stanes




he cries for toys  -
in damascus
children play with stones

in a quate puil
unnerwatter
craws




in a still pool
underwater
crows

hunkerin on the ledging
wi the maws
...govein




sitting on the parapet
with the gulls
...gazing

yin day thay'll threep:
he maun be deid  -
ma dug-daunerin feres




one day they will say:
he must be dead  -
my dog-walking friends

twa swans preein  -
it's valentine's day
fir thaim an aw




two swans necking  -
it's valentine's day
for them also

granfaither's
hingower dander
...gled it's blowstery




grandfather's
hangover walk
...glad its windy

nicht vaig  -
reengin wavebaunds
...stern threep




night journey  -
searching wavebands
...star talk

Italian waashday  -
heich i the vennel
flags o'r breeks




Italian washday  -
high in the alley
flags of her underwear

ill tid gane
i the freeth
o daffin otters




depression gone
in the froth
of otters at play

furst snaw  -
derk ink o the burn
...haiku on the page




first snow  -
dark ink of the stream
...haiku on the page

a hirplin chiel
amang the craws
...aw sweein in hermony




a limping man
among the crows
...all swaying in harmony

batteries
fir ma shaver
...the years faw awa




batteries
for my shaver
...the years fall away

oor auld pictur hoose
nou a 'steak hoose'
... an the bluid is real




our old cinema
now a 'steak house'
..and the blood is real

hame frae Mass
flauchts on her lips
...crottles o the host




home from Mass
snowflakes on her lips
...crumbs of the host

suddent freest  -
awwhaur
dubs' glerelit een




sudden frost  -
everywhere
puddles' glazed eyes