No, I’m not into the drugs made from the seed pods of these poppies. I just think they’re beautiful flowers.

There are many types of poppies, but I didn’t know, even after years of growing them, that these pretty flowers belong to the poppy family that heroin and opium are made from.

They’re just tall and beautiful flowers.

I come from Turkey, don’t you know,

My seeds are not too hard to sow,

And once I’ve bloomed, again I’ll grow,

Reseeding when the wind does blow.