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Blossom

Arrives again

this short-lived

shock,

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Paper-pink

close-clustered

blush,

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That turns

our toun's

head.

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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.