Poem #46: Poppy
Poppy
Oh, powerful, ancient poppy!
Ornamental, colorful, edible
provider of drugs
--analgesic
narcotic
medicinal
recreational--
ease our suffering.
Wrap us in your
crumpled ruby robes
of blessed forgetfulness.
Help us
remember, too,
the blood-red petals
that bloomed and stained
your fields, mud
of earth and draining life;
those who
--so rudely torn from this
world of dizzying beauty
and curious regrets--
we pray
will remember us.
(c) 2013, by Hannah Six
The Poppy Field, by Anne Redpath
Photo: Tate Gallery
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