Poppies

Poppies

Original Text
Marjory Nicholls, Collected Poems, comp. Niel Wright (Wellington: Original Books, 2009).
1There are scarlet poppies in her garden-bed,
2    Debonair and full of glowing grace!
3There are scarlet poppies in a field of France
4    And they're flaunting in her dead love's face.

Notes

1] poppies: a widespread species, common to Europe and typically having large, showy red flowers that came to symbolize the fallen soldiers in World War I. Back to Line
2] debonair: stylish and charming Back to Line
4] flaunting: to display something, especially in order to provoke envy or show defiance. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1917
Publication Notes
The Spike (1917).
RPO poem Editors
Cameron La Follette
RPO Edition
2011
Rhyme
abcb
Form
quatrain