Carol Wiebe
The Poppy ~ a Scarlet Prayer
A single poppy made an appearance in our garden. The poppy, with its diaphanous petals, ragged at the edges, reminds me of Himalayan prayer flags. But I think the flower itself is a prayer, a scarlet prayer ~ a prayer of passion. Lone Poppy In Western society, we immediately associate the poppy with Flanders Fields. Other societies have their own poppy symbolism: The flower symbolism associated with poppies is beauty, magic, consolation, fertility and eternal life. The Egypt