Allotment flowers & football

Snap is of one of the flower-beds at our Saughton Allotment plot, which we briefly visited this afternoon ...

... I couldn't resist watching the football earlier - I really do hope England can go on and win this coming Sunday :-)

Meantime; here's a poem from the Makar, for The Scottish Women’s National Football Team, Julie McNeill :


Set the stage

She dusts the dugout
and sharpens the sunlight,
dresses the white lines
with precision and formality.

She showcases the woodwork,
denier of dreams and maker of miracles,
and embraces the centre spot,
the site of all new beginnings.

While the
clock
still ticks
the scales can still tip
and anything is possible.

Imprints and echoes below
do nothing to slow her progress.
Expectation and anticipation
are borne of what went before.

After the frost, a softening thaw
and, in time, once more
we’ll hear the thunderous,
wonderous, fan-fuelled roar.

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Julie McNeill

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