Long-headed Poppy,
Göteborg, June 10th, 2002

Papaver dubium Rågvallmo i januari, i augusti, i oktober och i maj

where the winter botanists of january
had one rosette for the study
spring and rapid summer
have brought out a poppy colony
of at least a score

displaying
for the late afternoon weed walker
buds and seed pods
buds and seed pods

today at an earlier appointment
two poppies were still busy by the wall
losing their petals to the wind

Eva Ekeblad, 2002