Poppies Flashcards
“Three days before ______ Sunday/ and _______ had already been placed/ on individual war ______”
“Three days before Armistice Sunday/ and poppies had already been placed/ on individual war graves”
“Before you ____,/
I ______ one onto your _____, _______ petals,/
Spasms of paper ___, distrusting a ________/
Of yellow bias _______ around your _____”
“Before you left,/
I pinned one onto your lapel, crimped petals,/
Spasms of paper red, distrusting a blockade/
Of yellow bias binding around your blazer”
“I wanted to _____ my _____/ across the ___ of your _____, play at being ________ like we did when/ you were ____”
” I wanted to graze my nose/ across the tip of your nose, play at being Eskimos like we did when/ you were little”
” all my words/ flattened, rolled, turned into felt,/ slowly melting.”
” all my words/ flattened, rolled, turned into felt,/ slowly melting.”
“I was brave, as I walked/
With you, to the front door, threw it open, the world overflowing/
Like a treasure chest”
“I was brave, as I walked/
With you, to the front door, threw it open, the world overflowing/
Like a treasure chest”
“A split ______/
and you were away, ___________”
“A split second/
and you were away, intoxicated”
“After you’d gone I went into your bedroom,/
Released a song bird from its cage./
Later a single dove flew from the pear tree,/
And this is where it has led me,/
Skirting the church yard walls”
“After you’d gone I went into your bedroom,/
Released a song bird from its cage./
Later a single dove flew from the pear tree,/
And this is where it has led me,/
Skirting the church yard walls”
“On reaching the top of the hill I traced/
The inscriptions on the war memorial”
“On reaching the top of the hill I traced/
The inscriptions on the war memorial”
“The ____ pulled freely against the ___,/
An ____________ stitch. I listened, _______to hear/
Your ___________ voice catching on the ____”
“The dove pulled freely against the sky,/
And ornamental stitch. I listened, hoping to hear/
Your playground voice catching on the wind”
