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[ghazalah]

For Stephen
Eire, 1802

Poppies in JulyLittle poppies, little hell flames

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[ann_septimus]

There are poppies that grow next to the driveway that leads up to my house and I always privately refer to them as my little hell flames. Sylvia Plath... *sigh*.

[ghazalah]

I live in Jamaica Plain (an area of Boston): childhood home of Sylvia! Although you'd never ever know it. Not a plaque, not a mention. I only found out last year when I read her biography! This being such an artsy neighborhood, I would expect pilgrimages or some attempt to cash in on her name. *shrug*

[ann_septimus]

Wow. That is impressive... and surprising. Boston's best-kept secret. Very very cool!

[sparowe]

Overwhelming and intense in one breath; then gone, so far, so fast, no lingering trace.

But a mark left, all the same.

[ghazalah]

It's the doubled "colorless" at the very end, maybe. Such violent color until then, and with a word it's dispelled into air.