Comment from Thomas Bowling

Excellent

Very good. I can feel the poppies in the field swaying. I've only seen you write haiku. Do you ever write anything else? You know poppies are where opium comes from. It's interesting that you can buy poppy plants online, but it's illegal to plant them???

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2017

I used to write all kinds of poems and stories but I prefer haiku. Thank you for the excellent review and five stars.
Gypsy

Comment from royowen

Excellent

This is a very good ekrastically generated post Gypsy, the image is stunning, and the haiku interpretation is also quite stunning also, well done, blessings, Roy

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2017

Thank you, Roy. The haiku came to me before I found the picture.
Gypsy

reply by royowen on 17-Oct-2017

I thought it might, I write first, then find artwork...unless it is an ekphrastic challenge. Well done.

Comment from Mustang Patty

Excellent

Hi, Gypsy;
Thank you for sharing another lovely haiku with us. Poppies are so pretty and the artwork you chose to compliment your artwork was stunning.

A nit: 'radient(radiant) red sea'

~patty~

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2017

Thank you very much, Patty. I made the correction.
Gypsy

Comment from TAB_that's me

Excellent

I would love to see a poppy field someday. Most seem to associate it with blood. I am glad you didn't but instead Radiant (you misspelled radiant) red sea.

Great alliteration and imagery.

teresa

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 Comment Written 17-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2017

Thank you very much, I made the correction.
Gypsy

Comment from Mark Valentine

Excellent

You can almost feel the breeze. I like the imagery (as an aside, the first two words, "ruby" and "poppies" both make me think of "The Wizard of Oz"). Poppies evoke so much ("In Flanders Fields", opium, "The Wizard of Oz" - a very versatile image. Here, they look pretty and make me feel calm.

I'm not sure if the word "radiant" has an alternate spelling, but you might want to check to make sure you don't have a typo there.

Loved it.

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 Comment Written 17-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2017

Thank you, Mark, I did make a mistake but I corrected it. Thank you for the awesome review and five stars. I was thinking of the wizard of oz but also of Spain, where I grew up.
Gypsy