"Sakura no Sono" by Linda Watanabe McFerrin "And the branches of the cherry trees were lit with flames, the sparks—petals of fire, carried on the wind." In the early spring cherry trees are often described as being ablaze with blossoms. This is a good, if commonplace, description of that strange and enormous pink event which spreads through the treetops and consumes the sky in a colorful flurry. In "Sakura no Sono," an apocalyptic vision of a real event which happened to her mother, Linda Watanabe McFerrin's cherry blossoms have been struck ablaze by an American firebombing. "And … [Read more...]