Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight - by
One ran,
/ her nose to the ground,
/ a rusty shadow
/ neither hunting nor playing.
/
/ One stood; sat; lay down; stood again.
/
/ One never moved,
/ except to…
wildlife
The Adder of Quinag - by
The grey roots circle thee, who never knew
/ At any hour within thy travels lone
/ A human shape but mine. Thou com’st…
Benighted in the Foothills of the Cairngorms: January - by
Cauld, cauld is Alnack …
/ Cauld is the snaw wind and sweet.
/ The maukin o’ Creagan Alnack
/ Has snaw for meat.
/
/ Nae fit gangs…
Beasties - by
Clock-leddy, clock-leddy
/ Flee awa’ hame,
/ Your lum’s in a lowe,
/ Your bairns in…
Wild - by
Today,
/ on our journey home,
/ we saw
/
/ a buzzard
/ making a kill
/ on the roadside verge.
/
/ It glided across
/ our windscreen
/ and hunkered down
/
/ on something –
/ we couldn’t see
/ what…
A wolf in the park - by
Is there a wolf,
/ A wolf in the park,
/ A wolf who wakes when the night gets dark?
/ Is there a wolf in…
An Clamhan - by
Muile nam monaidheam farsaing
/ agus nam bailtean gun daoine;
/ an clamhan air chaithris ‘na rìoghachd
/ ag èisdeachd ri beul-aithris na gaoithe.
Wolves - by
for the new Scottish Parliament
/
/ The icy rain is spitting
/ on the pines and golden birches.
/ Hangings of black cloud
/ are torn apart by…
Canada Geese - by
Out of the haar, in flight,
/ in formation, in position, each eye
/ on the white rump in front, each aware
/ of the white…
Being and Time - by
There are times when I think
of the knowledge we had as children…
To a Mouse - by
I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion
An’ fellow-mortal!
A Calendar of Hares - by
/ At the raw end of winter
/ the mountain is half snow, half
/ dun grass. Only when snow
/ moves does it become a hare.
/
/ If…