The King's Prize at Leith
Sarah Burnett writes about the gold teapot awarded as the King's
Prize at Leith races, which is on display in the Scotland
Transformed gallery on Level 3.
A nice cup of tea and a chat?
Hundreds of years of teatime talk I’ve heard,
Union, Holyrood, the Bonnie Prince…
I hoped Enlightenment would help,
But no.
Like the waves in the Firth,
When I dazzled at Leith,
The same themes
Wash back and forth across the china:
Westminster, Nats and Union again…
Year after year I listen,
Flawless, beautiful, bored,
Wishing that time would change the teatime chat.
About the author
Sarah Burnett is an Edinburgh-based
copywriter. She writes websites, brochures, annual reports, and
other publications, and ghost-writes texts for business-people who
don't have the time or inclination to do it themselves. She has
also worked as a journalist, magazine editor and travel writer.