jackie scutt writing
write-now

Blossom
Arrives again
this short-lived
shock,
Paper-pink
close-clustered
blush,
That turns
our toun's
head.
23.4.19
It's May and the cherry blossom is in full glory. No wonder the Japanese have ceremonies to celebrate. Musselburgh is transformed by its line of cherry blossoms along the High Street and beside the Esk. Here is my own small tribute to this special moment in the cycle of nature.