Our milky blood is in demand,
For making dreamy drugs,
Our flowers grow o’er all the land,
We’re sought after by thugs.
Purple Poppy
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May 29, 2025 at 1:06 am
It’s unfortunately true that these beautiful flowers are sought for the wrong reasons.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:44 am
I’ve never collected that sappy stuff, but just for interest’s sake, I’ve cut into the seed pods, and sure enough, a milky sap leaks out.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:18 am
Dear Anneli
We have so many poppies that our area is called Poppyland, but not such deep purple ones. Our poppies with the milk for dreams are very light purple.
Beautifully photographed.
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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May 29, 2025 at 7:43 am
My mother used to make buns with poppy seed in them and I remember her saying, “Mohn macht dumm,” but as a child I didn’t know about the connection with opium. We ate a lot of those buns and cakes with ground up and cooked poppy seed…. Hmm … I wonder if….
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May 29, 2025 at 9:36 am
We ate lots of Mohnkuchen – I loved it, actually, I still do. I wonder why.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:22 pm
Mohnkuchen and Mohnbuchteln.
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May 30, 2025 at 2:18 am
Wir mussten erst einmal googeln, was Buchteln sind. Jetzt sind wir klüger. Danke 🙏
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May 30, 2025 at 10:33 am
I hadn’t realized that it would be a regional expression. I’ve learned something too, now.
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May 29, 2025 at 6:15 am
I love this paragraph from L. Frank Baum’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. “They walked along listening to the singing of the brightly colored birds and looking at the lovely flowers which now became so thick that the ground was carpeted with them. There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of scarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy’s eyes.” Thanks for the beautiful photo and reminder, Anneli!
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May 29, 2025 at 7:40 am
And then that drowsy sleepy feeling sets in. When I first read that book I knew nothing about the connection between poppies and opium.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:50 am
I recall the poppies scene in the movie made little sense to me as a kid. When I used story structure to do an in-depth analysis of Baum’s book, the number of adult themes jumped out at me. Even though it’s been a couple of years since I did the analysis, I still post the free book on my site along with the six articles. An enjoyable process!
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May 29, 2025 at 8:01 am
I suppose in some ways, Alice in Wonderland works the same way (subtle adult themes), and then there is Coleridge (In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree….) I wondered what gave Coleridge the visions for his dream.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:31 am
So true, and once we become aware, it’s hard not to wonder what served as their motivation.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:17 am
Poppies are beautiful in every colour.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:45 am
I feel the same way, Kristiina. I love the variety of colours they come in.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:30 am
Didn’t know it was just the purple ones. That’s a relief.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:50 am
Actually, I don’t think it is just the purple ones. There are red ones with streaks of black or purple that look very similar. I’ve also seen white ones of that type.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:05 am
I love all the poppies but I´ve never seen purple ones. Thanks for the picture and the fun poem
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May 29, 2025 at 10:25 pm
I guess the reason you haven’t seen them is because they are all in my yard. Thanks for visiting.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:16 am
A sad and dreamy side effect. Pretty poppies poison people.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:23 pm
I might have to try an alliteration binge on one of these challenges. Well done, Brad.
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May 30, 2025 at 7:03 am
That would be fun. Anneli’s alliteration always allures!
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May 30, 2025 at 10:29 am
LOL! Too much! But it would be fun to try.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:33 am
I loved your words here, Anneli, made me lol. Beautiful purple on these poppies, not a color we see so much in poppies.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:26 pm
So true, Jet. I used to think all poppies were red. It’s great to know they come in many colours.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:13 pm
Beautiful photos! Love all poppies. So pretty.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:27 pm
I like that they reseed themselves so easily.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:22 pm
Too bad that’s the case.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:13 am
It wouldn’t let me reply to the comment about Coleridge for some reason.
Yes, Coleridge did use opium, and became addicted to it.
But the poppies are lovely, as is your poem, Anneli.
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May 31, 2025 at 7:44 am
Thanks, Vivienne. I don’t know what’s going on with WP, but I hope they can fix it.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:48 pm
They’re gorgeous. I’ve never seen this shade. We have orange poppies in our area.
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May 31, 2025 at 9:10 pm
Those are probably the California poppies. They’re pretty too, but a whole different kind.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:25 am
Beautiful!
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