I never knew about white poppies . . .
Yellow poppies and orange poppies – sure – but
White Poppies?
One day my sweetheart, George and I were
coming home from Nogales when he spotted
White Poppies
at the airport. We pulled over and
George collected seeds.
We planted the seeds in the yard and
one year later there was
‘1’ White Poppy
in the middle of the driveway.
We smiled with delight.
George is gone now and there are
White Poppies
In my yard every year and I am seeing some
around town.
Maybe you already knew about
White Poppies,
But I like to think my sweetie left
Something special in our community