Trespassing - by
The road was liker a burn :
/ But the trees in the glen were new in leaf,
/ Ilk bairn I met had…
walking
Yesterday in Laggan - by
It was such a day
/ of sunshine wall to wall,
/ of heat haze and the year’s first frogs,
/ of blue hills stretching…
Riasg Buidhe - by
A visit to the island of Colonsay,
/ Inner Hebrides, April 1987
/
/ There are other lives we might lead, places we might get…
Solway - by
Love unfolded then, like crumpled petals
/ opening into sunlight,
/ unfurling at the stroke of spring
/
/ as we walked the seven miles of estuary,
/ reaching,…
Glamourie - by
When I found I’d lost you –
/ not beside me, nor ahead,
/ nor right nor left not
/ your green jacket moving
/
/ between the trees…
Drunk Autumn Midnight Below Victoria Embankment - by
And the sky wet as a loose tarpaulin.
/ I’m walking but not home.
/
/ I’m taking the air. It tastes
/ sweet, like rust.
The Impossible - by
Chain-Walk, Kincraig
/ for Iain
/
/ Who knows what we can do? When friends believe
/ In us, the chrysalis grows tight and splits
/ And, struggling…