127

into this darkness
we announce ghosts, gods and hope-
moonlight comes and goes

126

days covered by stone
young winter hounded by rain
swans invisible

125 peter

Phoenix my desire
acceptance my courage -stars-
will shine regardless

124

wind captures the land
everything leans one way
our world screams and tilts

123 Bettyhill

silent beside sea
as if holding your breath for
a bird crossing sky

122

your emptiness food
a vast sky of clarity
silence amidst noise

121

his pearl eyes as deep
as a well, emerald seas
dance in his darkness

120

wind so gentle it
could be all that was lost - your
hand stroking my face

119

autumn tugs summer's
threads - incessant wind blurring
land for departure

118

swallow at window
in merciful light impact
a baby skinhead

117

the taste of rain whole
oceans once explored never
lost nor forgotten

116 Rait

clouds cover vast sky
we walk shackled to belief
each step a blindness

115

days of self loathing!
blessed are those who suffer so
another is happy?

114

swifts rooftop grand prix
primitive voices tangled
in blurring of wings

113 Depression

alas black flowers
still unmistakably
in a wonky vase.

112 Dunkeld

dinosaur foxgloves
tall, looking back, curious
at evolution

111

stars from clouds falling
stone birds downwards are calling
tears in seas brimming

110

hills strengthen skyline
something solid to hang on
our lives of birdsong

109 peoples

sunken into earth
forgotten and numerous
as salt in the sea

108

be unto me not
forsaken in wilderness
nor executed

107 Monimail

wandering in hills
amidst cattle - a slate sky
the world suspended

106

ocean in sunlight
summer brimming through windows
our short flower lives

105 Deuchary Hill

our ancestral climb
in a pack out of our world
to regain the hill

104 Birch Trees 2

birch trees in stillness
prayer for a shrouded day
our lives of waiting

103

a still mist becalms
my human activity
birds call out secrets

102

half century gone
we cusp Summer together
counting birthday swifts

101 dead giraffe

Love is a blind faith
marooned in a bloody world
for which we should weep

100 Birch Trees 1

weak Spring sun makes you
golden - newborn leaves sparkle
whispering with birds

99

we bask in sunlight
we bask in ice rain - behold -
the hailbow cometh

98 Toast

to fires and found dogs
a cottage of winter still
elemental hearts

97 gone

the everyday
vanished with the dog, even
our breath hollowed, caught
on the emptiness without
her and fear's dulling fullness

96

world pulls you apart
sadness empty of message
unspeakable soul

95

elephant island
heart of sea and seabird shriek
salt falling like rain

94 Uniforms

I bother myself
seeking justifications
for each grasping thought
whilst Spring comes and the grass grows
moons dance bright then disappear

213

night a peaceful friend
gently prising from our hands
today's bold ideas

92

fallen from my house
to moat of everywhere
else - nothing makes sense

91

 sky white like a night
countless snowflakes briefly fall
into earth's blackness

90

rain swirls over trees
a slow sway dance of dampness
whilst crouching doves call

89

the stillness of trees
in winter's last rush of cold
birds cross low grey sky

88

trees become fingers
sky a delicate blue skin
distant birds thinking

87 middle of the field

deer overlapping
each other's silhouette stand
for winter's first snow

86 heavenly hues of hell

cows at barn edge still
eyes sparking the gloom to fix
upon winter's day
the glory of any sky
resurrection by colour

85

my rook crosses sky

between wind turbines and me

beautiful black peace 

84 Memories

          I

behind my eyes fear
sets up house in assurance
that your fight will stay
brutal and jackal to stud
through all the small daily things


            II

unwilling held hands
cross fields for reassurance
a crimson tall tale
our violence together is
our love for eachother - you.

83

rook preens in dead tree
an everyday plainness
under passing clouds