siller birks

i the wund

...'the divine dance'

silver birches

in the wind

...'the divine dance'

rugby gemme  -

mid the breetality o studs

yin bricht crocus

rugby match  -

midst the brutality of studs

one bright crocus

amaryllis  -

tooterin the day

the hid meesterie

amaryllis  -

trumpeting today

the hidden mystery

new rodwarks  -

a peerie patch o snawdraps

wins oot

new roadworks  -

a tiny patch of snowdrops 

prevail

on the wunter tree

a flourish

o blue bonnets

on the winter tree

a blossom

of blue tits

blin smoor    -

the swans hae cookit

...til they muive

snow drift  -

the swans have disappeared

...until they move

ma neebour's tree  -

a trapeze warl

o blue bonnets

my neighbour's tree  -

a trapeze world

of bluetits

laid aff  -

ilka day tentie

o an eeshogel growein

furloughed  -

every day watching

an icicle grow

snaw faws ootby  -

the priest sains oor clachan

cleedit in a fite robe

snow falls outside  -

the priest blesses our village

dressed in a white robe

 brucken-doon snawmen  -

maggies matin

on een an nebs

broken-down snowmen  -

magpies feeding

on eyes and noses

 weengs spreid 

peened tae the fairmer's palin:

craw's petrine corse

wings spread

pinned to the farmer's fence:

crow's petrine cross

 jag day  -

throuch the doacter's winnock

eeshogels dreepin

vaccination day  -

through the doctor's window

icicles dripping

 lockdoon  -

the bairnie dirls

the playgrun's yetts

lockdown  -

the toddler rattles

the playground's  gates

daw's reid licht  -

hemmerin

frae the smiddy

dawn's red light  -

hammering

from the smithy

swan slips

intae the watter

...ryal barque

swan slips

into the river

...royal barque 

freestit playgrun -

myndin the keekin-gless

wrocht wi tacketie buits

frosted playground  -

remembering the mirror

made with hobnailed boots

 the swans it roseburn

keekin throuch the sprots

...aye in lockdoon

the swans at roseburn

peering through the reeds

...still in lockdown

wunter  

in ma aviator bunnet

...the spaniel goves

winter  

in my aviator hat

...the spaniel stares

bucket day  -

gin bottles blink bleart lik

i the daw licht

bin day  -

gin bottles blink blearily

in the dawn light

hameless  -

nae Yule whigmaleeries

bit the merry dancers

homeless  -

no Christmas baubles

but the northern lights