poppies Flashcards
who is poppies written by
jane weir
“spasms of paper red distributing the blockade of yellow bias binding around your blazer”
asydetic listing shows how detailed the memory is of the narrator
semantic field of pain
not a soldiers uniform but a school uniform
blackthorns of your hair all my words flattened rolled turned into felt
breaks structure she’s emotionally breaking
“felt” clothing felt different layers also very fragile
blackthorns allude to jesus -sacrifice
slowly melting
her feelings are melting
tried to write a war poem but it melted away
her composure is melting
“threw it open world overflowing like a treasure chest”
smilie
out pour of her emotions
directly to her son
his excitement contrasts his mums sadness
After you’d gone I went to your bedroom released a song bird from its cage
her song is within the poem
the son has flown so he can find his own song
“The dove pulled freely against the sky and ornamental stitch I listened hoping to hear your playground voice catching the wind”
she wants the young child he once was to return to recapture his youth
his soul is now free
stitch forever links them
