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Poppies


As poppies drip blood red petals
Among the fields where souls do roam
A silenced voice, away from home
Buried deep with twisted metals

Khaki men, are dead and rotting
As poppies drip blood red petals
Overgrown with rats and nettles
Men and women stood reflecting

A resting place to end the fight
In peaceful slumber they settle
As poppies drip blood red petals
Weathered cadavers all bleached white

Depressions fade, vista settles
Bodies and branches both stripped bare
Once passionate men, showed they care
As poppies drip blood red petals.

© 27/6/2012

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  1. Date: 7/9/2012 7:52:00 AM

    Oh wow...David this is a remarkable, and heart wrenching poem. I am taken to that sad place, a field filled of death...a field filled with poppies.........wow....I've read this again and again with more emotion. Well done!

  1. Date: 7/8/2012 6:21:00 PM

    david, congratulations with your wonderful win -xox~pd

  1. Date: 7/7/2012 9:17:00 AM

    A good one so close to our remember of our soldiers..Congrats on your win..Sara

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 10:54:00 PM

    many congrats on your win David

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 10:44:00 PM

    So glad to see this on the list. It's one of the best, David. Congrats on your win.

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 8:59:00 PM

    Well done David. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 1:28:00 PM

    I remember this one - congratulations.

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 11:49:00 AM

    Congratulations on your placement in Brian's contest David. Love, Carol

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 9:43:00 AM

    Congrats on your win David...well deserved.

  1. Date: 7/6/2012 9:04:00 AM

    Kuddos on your win, David! Ruben.

  1. Date: 6/29/2012 6:33:00 PM

    Yes, matching nature with death. I love this kind of symbolism, David. Very nicely portrayed! and I remember poppies being given out around Veteran's day when I was a child. Luv, Andrea

  1. Date: 6/29/2012 1:23:00 PM

    Such a terrific quatern. The line you repeat really does shift in meaning with each verse. A magnificent tribute to our soldiers.

  1. Date: 6/29/2012 4:30:00 AM

    stark,realistic write!fantastic quatern David!

  1. Date: 6/28/2012 3:30:00 PM

    David - This an incredibly gripping write... Had to read it several times to let it all soak in. Great work! - Tim

  1. Date: 6/28/2012 10:07:00 AM

    Awesome write! Enjoyed the read! Lori

  1. Date: 6/28/2012 8:33:00 AM

    Wow, David, you sure have written an incredibly deep write here! I thoroughly enjoyed the vastness of is grasp and the elaborate meaning behind your poem! Great Work!!

  1. Date: 6/28/2012 7:38:00 AM

    Very moving.. I like the 'form'... nice flow... Like! Terry