laid aff
he hunkers
happin a bottle o drames




redundant
he sits
nursing a bottle of dreams

efter the blowster
sparks dreepin reid
frae the aipples




after the storm
raindrops dripping red
from the apples

thunner
lichtnin  -
a bedraigilt bummer




thunder
lightning  -
a bedraggled bee

her fite communion dress
her gowden powny-tail
...a lit caunle




her white communion dress
her golden pony-tail
...a lit candle

auld hern gane  -
anely's keech
on the watterside bowder




old heron gone  -
only his droppings
on the riverside boulder

thunner-plump  -
auld cundie gluggin
...soond o droonin




thunderstorm  -
old drain gurgling
...sound of drowing

a daith ilka meenit -
crans
skiff the burn




a death every minute  -
swifts
skim the stream

a skelloch
i the nicht  -
a gnap oot o the muin




a scream
in the night  -
a bite out of the moon

on the waashin-line
his superman outfit
...mither kens best




on the washing-line
his superman suit
...mother knows best

wi yin inbraith
hern concertinas
frae dowdie tae eligant




with one inbreath
heron  concertinas
from ragged to elegant

droont skwurrel 
it's dreepin tail
aw equal-aqual waasht oot




drowned squirrel 
it's dripping tail
all balance washed out

efter the fluid
the deuk
hunts fir'ts bairns




after the flood
the duck
searches for its young ones

midnicht drouthie
braigin:  muin an gin
hae lenthent his sheddae




midnight drunk
challenging:  moon and gin
have lengthened his shadow

it yon age nou:
waukenin i the nicht
chackin ilk ither's braith




at that age now:
waking in the night
checking each others breathing

muin
an firs  -
a neb ahint baurs




moon
and pines  -
a face behind bars

maggie's
cheevy ilk ither
on the ootdoor chess brod




magpies
chase each other
on the outdoor chess board

beekin  -
aw day twa robins:
thayr reid breists




sunbathing  -
all day two robins:
their red breasts

they waff tae ilk ither
frae flooerless gairdens:
twa weedie-men




they wave to each other
from flowerless gardens:
two widowers

crans'r back  -
'blaw affs'
skirl the maws




swifts are back  -
'show offs'
scream the gulls

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




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