Thought you might find this interesting:
According to the book, The Language of Flowers, by Marina Heilmeyer poppies have come to symbolize the stark contrast between life and death, heaven and hell, and good and evil. This duality is expressed in the poppy by its contrasting beauty and seeds that are capable of death and oblivion. In Greek mythology poppies are often depicted with Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and fertility and Morpheus, the god of dreams and sleep. Heilmeyer describes poppies as a, “magical flower suspended between good and evil, light and darkness, healing and annihilation.”
The book Garden Lore, by Julia Jones and Barbara Deer recognizes the poppy as a symbol of remembrance to fallen soldiers. Poppies can lay dormant for many years and when the soil in disturbed they will burst into life. This is exactly what happened on the battlefields of Flanders, during the First World War, when soldiers started digging trenches and hundreds of poppies came into bloom. This forever linked the poppy to war and remembrance.
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