tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288105522009-07-04T11:14:34.587-07:00John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.comBlogger1434125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-40210058405632008892009-07-02T07:23:00.000-07:002009-07-03T06:28:55.367-07:00deid i the girse<br />a bummer - its weengs<br />gildin ma fingers<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />dead in the grass<br />a bee - its wings<br />gilding my fingers<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-4021005840563200889?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-49059648377826626872009-07-02T03:26:00.000-07:002009-07-02T03:27:47.038-07:00bleckie chirmin<br />throuch the treen<br />a burn<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />blackbird trilling<br />through the trees<br />a stream<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-4905964837782662687?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-5421503241600846662009-06-29T03:28:00.000-07:002009-06-29T03:29:44.046-07:00oot frae the haar<br />a swan<br />furmin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />out from the mist<br />a swan<br />forming<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-542150324160084666?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-7375065307574694402009-06-29T03:27:00.000-07:002009-06-29T03:28:12.869-07:00a singul cran<br />makkin a circus<br />o the mornin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />a single swift<br />making a circus<br />of the morning<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-737506530757469440?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-19694699824048805702009-06-29T01:06:00.000-07:002009-06-29T10:43:10.744-07:00the yett's sheddae:<br />JYLE<br />scrievit i the sin's licht<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />the gate's shadow:<br />PRISON<br />written in the sun's light<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-1969469982404880570?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-74631143351693652702009-06-27T12:31:00.000-07:002009-06-27T12:51:09.503-07:00whaur the watter<br />trysts wi the lift:<br />swans an cluds<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />where the river<br />meets the sky:<br />swans and clouds<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-7463114335169365270?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-18738487254506064752009-06-24T13:58:00.001-07:002009-06-24T13:59:28.274-07:00swan keeks<br />abuin'r weeng<br />...fantoosh dauncer<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />swan peeps<br />above her wing<br />...exotic dancer<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-1873848725450606475?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-24377489965465014192009-06-23T03:21:00.000-07:002009-06-23T03:22:53.688-07:00the bodach rists -<br />tentie o the funtain<br />heavin an fawin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />the old man rests -<br />watches the fountain<br />rising and falling<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-2437748996546501419?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-74223331736229995222009-06-22T03:37:00.000-07:002009-06-22T03:40:47.333-07:00i the smusht<br />yill bottle:<br />the drouthie's brucken neb<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />in the smashed<br />beer bottle:<br />the drunk's broken face<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-7422333173622999522?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-44515468388918255002009-06-22T03:35:00.000-07:002009-06-22T03:36:43.244-07:00furst nasturtiums<br />keekin:<br />thair reid nebs<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />first nasturtiums<br />peeping:<br />their red faces<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-4451546838891825500?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-26914824991893324552009-06-18T15:25:00.000-07:002009-06-19T06:17:39.423-07:00murners win awa -<br />beadles crack on fitbaw<br />duntin sheelfous o cley<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />mourners leave -<br />gravediggers talk football<br />thumping shovelfulls of clay<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-2691482499189332455?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-37892195968608355872009-06-18T03:53:00.000-07:002009-06-18T03:58:01.907-07:00her furst<br />bakit breid -<br />swallin wi pride<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />her first<br />baked bread -<br />swelling with pride<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-3789219596860835587?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-39934642971645674512009-06-16T07:54:00.000-07:002009-06-16T07:56:23.704-07:00pink balloons<br />yerkin tae be lowsit<br />...speengies<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />pink balloons<br />tugging to be free<br />...peonies<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-3993464297164567451?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-67812759586814506942009-06-16T03:24:00.000-07:002009-06-16T03:25:25.454-07:00ablow me<br />swans pickin<br />it ma sheddae's pooches<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />below me<br />swans pecking<br />at my shadow's pockets<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-6781275958681450694?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-86528793371475736602009-06-16T01:07:00.000-07:002009-06-16T01:10:11.915-07:00dementia -<br />he hunkers i the mids<br />o a skailt jeegsaw<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />dementia -<br />he sits in the midst<br />of a scattered jigsaw<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-8652879337147573660?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-50655750053804824622009-06-15T07:08:00.000-07:002009-06-15T07:20:21.612-07:00anither haijin gane -<br />sauch leaves<br />dreepin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />another haijin gone -<br />willow leaves<br />dripping<br /><br />(for Paul O. Williams and James Kirkup)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-5065575005380482462?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-469440896112208362009-06-13T07:54:00.000-07:002009-06-13T07:55:53.422-07:00cleedit fir tennis -<br />weet<br />stottin atween thaim<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />dressed for tennis -<br />rain<br />bouncing between them<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-46944089611220836?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-10116738704429292472009-06-12T03:37:00.000-07:002009-06-12T12:40:38.945-07:00throuch the gairden<br />on'r mobile phone -<br />a wab claps tae'r<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />through the garden<br />on her mobile phone -<br />a web clings to her<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-1011673870442929247?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-53018731013620993192009-06-09T15:53:00.001-07:002009-06-12T01:08:56.160-07:00airlie Mass -<br />the kist o whustles<br />pechin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />early Mass -<br />the organ<br />wheezing<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-5301873101362099319?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-14285628590105683712009-06-08T15:12:00.000-07:002009-06-09T03:29:03.660-07:00atween the pages<br />a deid flee -<br />a sneckit buik<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />between the pages<br />a dead fly -<br />a closed book<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-1428562859010568371?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-8932661513389412712009-06-08T03:56:00.000-07:002009-06-08T03:57:06.404-07:00crans<br />mair swith<br />this towmond<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />swifts<br />swifter<br />this year<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-893266151338941271?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-71120025341117066852009-06-06T04:22:00.000-07:002009-06-06T04:26:17.553-07:00on the clartie burn<br />swans<br />daizzlin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />on the muddy stream<br />swans<br />dazzling<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-7112002534111706685?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-61486456785821034382009-06-04T00:52:00.000-07:002009-06-04T00:53:40.165-07:00her pianny -<br />stour<br />on the keys<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />her piano -<br />dust<br />on the keys<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-6148645678582103438?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-16739444317962824402009-06-01T07:57:00.000-07:002009-06-01T07:58:21.887-07:00cluds<br />creepin nar -<br />gey lik a weir<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />clouds<br />creeping closer -<br />just like a war<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-1673944431796282440?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810552.post-83035716815017849602009-06-01T07:56:00.000-07:002009-06-01T07:57:06.452-07:00snail's<br />mindin i the nicht -<br />glaizie necklace<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />snail's<br />gift in the night -<br />glittering necklace<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28810552-8303571681501784960?l=zenspeug.blogspot.com'/></div>John McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.com5