tentie
o the puils'n'sweels
...the watter's life




watching
the pools and eddies
...the river's life

on the gairden yett
a sheeny new haunle
...snail




on the garden gate
a shiny new handle
...snail

laid back in a bowe- cheer
throuch the winnock
a crescent muin




laid back in an armchair
through the window
a crescent moon

sinlicht throuch
the acer's leaves
...a peerie lassie's blushes




sunlight through
the acer's leaves
...a little girl's blushes

doon it the mou
he hunkers wi the swans
govein it the waater





depressed
he sits with the swans
watching the water

ablow
the stane angel
a stoppit watch




below
the stone angel
a stopped watch

twa craws
heidin hamewarts
cairryin nest plenishins




two crows
heading homeward
carrying nest furnishings

swans doverin
amang pish-the-bed puff baws
...skailt fedders




swans asleep
among dandelion puff balls
...scattered feathers

helterin-skelterin
loopin the loop  -
carnival o crans




heltering-skeltering
looping the loop  -
carnival of swifts

bi the suicide tree
the daffins hae dee'd
...til neist voar




by the suicide tree
the daffodils have died
...until next spring

bygaun jyle van
its derk winnocks
...winnocks o the sowl




passing prison van
its dark windows
...windows of the soul

it the hustins
a shooer o gean flourish
...his rose-tintit glesses




at the hustings a
shower of cherry blossom
...his rose-tinted glasses

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