Irish Flower Series: Poppy

Introducing a new art print added to my Irish Flower Series today: Poppy (Papaver)
This one is very special to me and was drawn originally a few years ago for my Mam as a gift for her birthday. It was her favourite flower and red, her favourite colour.
We sadly lost her this day last year.
In her memory I want to share this joyful flower that reminds me of her brightness & warmth.
It’s paper like petals reminding us how fragile life is.
Squeeze your loved ones extra tight today.
Suzanne X
Poppies | Mary Oliver
“The poppies send up their
orange flares; swaying
in the wind, their congregations
are a levitationof bright dust, of thin
and lacy leaves. There isn’t a place
in this world that doesn’t
sooner or later drown
in the indigos of darkness,
but now, for a while,
the roughageshines like a miracle
as it floats above everything
with its yellow hair.
Of course nothing stops the cold,
black, curved blade
from hooking forward—
of course loss is the great lesson.But I also say this: that light
is an invitation
to happiness,
and that happiness,when it’s done right,
is a kind of holiness,
palpable and redemptive.
Inside the bright fields,touched by their rough and spongy gold,
I am washed and washed
in the river
of earthly delight—and what are you going to do—
what can you do
about it—
deep, blue night?

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