Color Coquelicot

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'Coquelicot' (coque·li·cot ) another color name for 'Poppy Red'

Color Coquelicot Blazing Coquelicot paints famed Flanders Field Poppies on battle-scarred land. Honored too on coat lapels... war symbol of remembrance. Sandra M. Haight ~NA~ Premiere Contest: Kim's Color Splash Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues Judged: 07/14/2017 Rules: Write a Tanka or other brief poem using an unusual color choice along with a flower, plant, or tree Coquelicot, (coque·li·cot) originally another word for Poppy, and is the flower's orange tinted red color. Listen to pronunciation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5nR1X-QT1Y In the spring of 1915, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in war-torn fields to write a now famous poem called 'In Flanders Fields'. After the First World War, the poppy was adopted as a symbol of Remembrance.

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Alyssa Lorette

Date: 7/1/2017 6:06:00 PM

We seemed to create the same color and flower for our poems, how funny! Besides that, good luck in the contest, Sandra! I had a good time reading your poem. :)

Agnes Krampe

Date: 7/1/2017 5:08:00 PM

Lovely, Sandra. I did not know this particular shade had its own name. Good luck in the contest.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 7/1/2017 9:25:00 AM

Brilliant and beautiful, nice message too:) love this one, Sandra:)

Lin Lane

Date: 7/1/2017 8:29:00 AM

If something can be considered bold and lovely at the same time, you've accomplished it, Sandra.

Jan Allison

Date: 7/1/2017 8:17:00 AM

Brilliant entry for the contest Sandra - In Flander's Fields is an incredibly moving poem and is still used in the students studies in the school I used to work at:-) hugs Jan xx