liggin on'r
lik a luver
attercap devoors the moch




lying on her
like a luver
spider devours the moth

swan doverin  -
heid buirit i the swan's-doun
o'r sel






swan asleep -
head buried in the swan's-down
of herself

Pace  -
the lamm
dale't aboot




Easter  -
sharing
the lamb

cheevyin maggie awa
craws heich-five
wi thair nebs




chasing magpie away
crows high-five
with their beaks

a bygaun train
the fisher waffs
...nebs heize tae the winnock




a passing train
the fisherman waves
...faces rise to the window

nestin time  -
the hedgeraw
queeverin




nesting time  -
the hedgerow
quivering

delicat pink
as lips
apenin gowan




delicate pink
as lips
opening daisy

bi the watterside
craw dooks intae itsel
...mornin meditation




by the waterside
crow dips into itself
...morning meditation

granfaither's croft  -
aye thair bi the cludgie wa
the doucest groset buss




grandad's croft  -
still there by the privy wall
the sweetest gooseberry bush

bygane geese honk  -
a bodach swithers
it the crib-stane




passing geese honk  -
an old man hesitates
at the kerbside

weet thrabs on'r umberellae
we daunce roond dubs
...drum boogie




rain beats on her umbrella
we dance around puddles
...drum boogie

princes street  -
aw thae buddhas
cors-legit in door-cheeks




princes street  -
all these Buddha's
cross-legged in doorways

bellum frae the nursery  -
a bygaun bleckie
...wirms weiglin




noise from the nursery  -
a passing blackbird
...worms wriggling

dookin an heizin
swans kythin
...luver's kinch




dipping and rising
swans displaying
...lover's knot

lichtenin the mornin  -
sax jazzchiels
...aw deid




lightening the morning  -
six jazzmen
...all dead

amang the pansies
a tortieshall butterie
bein a flooer




among the pansies
a tortoiseshell butterfly
being a flower

butterie
follaein
the daffin steid




butterfly
following
the daffodil path

the aik's brainch
peelt
...breidth o a raip




the oak's branch
rubbed bare
...width of a rope

croonin
telegraph wires
...kintra busker




singing
telegraph wires
...country busker

hame frae nicht-shift  -
sclimin intae
her tosie indent




home from night-shift  -
climbing into
her warm indent