the african lassie
feshes a glintin smirk
tae a dreich day
the african girl
fetches a gleaming smile
to a dull wet day
the bodach an the bummer
rist a whilie - syne yoke tae
gairdenin
the old man and the bee
rest a while - then set to
gardening
muinlicht
skailt on the brainches
peer flourish
moonlight
scattered on the branches
pear blossom
oot frae the chippy
a bodach -
sheddae o a maw follaes him
out from the chip-shop
an old man -
shadow of a gull follows him
sneck aff the T.V.
hearken: a burd
croonin on the aerial
turn off the T.V.
listen: a bird
singing on the aerial
ginge gibbie-cat
peerie teeger
sowpin frae a bowlie
ginger tom
little tiger
supping from a bowl
i the scrogs
a tasht bottle seegnals:
sinsheen an cluds
in the undergrowth
a broken bottle signals:
sunshine and clouds
ink-derk burn -
calligraphy
o sweels an swirls
ink-dark stream -
of eddies and whirlpools
blowster
skirlin
in a rin-awa bucket
gale
howling
in a run-away dustbin