Poppy Day
by Terri Waters
Title
Poppy Day
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph - Photograph
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A beautiful purple poppy growing in my garden.
During the Victorian times, people use flowers to send coded messages - thus they assigned meanings for each flower. As for the poppy, the general Victorian meanings are imagination and eternal sleep. But this would actually change depending on the color of the poppy that was given since there are a lot of color varieties for the poppy. For example, the red poppies mean pleasure, white poppies means consolation and yellow poppies on the other hand represents success.
If you go over to China, you will find out that the poppy has a romantic meaning for lovers. It actually signifies the loyalty and faith given to each other. This meaning sprung from a Chinese legend where it is said that poppies bloomed in a woman's grave. The flower is said to inspire the woman's lover to do heroic feats. He did so by dancing on the battlefields with his prized sword.
As for Roman tradition, it is said that this flower can heal a broken heart and that it is widely used in the practice of witchcraft. On the other hand, for ancient Greek, poppies are important for athletes because it is believed to bring strength and vitality. So the Greek athletes were given a mixture of wine, honey and poppy seeds for consumption. Ancient Greek woman also uses poppies as love charms because they believe that it is a sign of fertility.
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November 4th, 2015
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