A
sea of poppies
an
ocean
red
where
red is not
expected
but
there
the
placement
precise
is
part of the story
of course
following
the course
because
so much is
about
placement
about
place
the form is as
important as
the content
the
form becomes
the
content
the
how matters
as
much as
the
what
instead
of green grass
the
old moat
surrounding
antiquity
instead
the experience
of
more modern antiquity
a red poppy for each
red:
color of blood
color of death
color of life
Photograph: On our recent trip to
London, the first place we visited was the Tower of London to see “Blood Swept
Lands and Seas of Red,” the art
installation of red ceramic poppies to commemorate the British and colonial
military fatalities of World War I. By Nov. 11, Armistice Day, there will be
888,246 ceramic poppies in the moat.
A sobering sight.
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