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Poppies at the Tower

I wanted to visit The Poppies on my own to give me a chance to reflect on what they signified, so I did just that. The heavy grey skies cast a sadness over the day as did the falling leaves, but that's how it should be.
My camera is old and outdated and I will have to replace it soon but this is my take on this ever changing, thought provoking masterpiece.
Thank you Paul Cummins (ceramic artist)and Tom Piper (theatre stage designer)
Blood swept lands and seas of red
Blood swept lands and seas of red		 The poppies are all different heights and designs just like the people they represent
The poppies are all different heights and designs just like the people they represent		 g9/77/760477/3/158163623.vxGcbCxp.jpg Poppies standing tall and proud
Poppies standing tall and proud		 Visitors organised into ranks just like the poppies and the people they represent.
Visitors organised into ranks just like the poppies and the people they represent.
Marching towards the doorway
Marching towards the doorway		 Through the heart shaped window on Tower Bridge
Through the heart shaped window on Tower Bridge		 A wave of poppies
A wave of poppies		 Beyond imagination
Beyond imagination		 Waves of poppies rippling across the bank
Waves of poppies rippling across the bank
Volunteers getting ready to plant a few more poppies
Volunteers getting ready to plant a few more poppies		 Just like Wordsworth's daffodils 'they stretch in a never ending line'
Just like Wordsworth's daffodils 'they stretch in a never ending line'		 g9/77/760477/3/158164058.eNy4OvrS.jpg Life goes on, autumn leaves still fall 100 years later
Life goes on, autumn leaves still fall 100 years later		 Ranks of people looking at ranks of poppies
Ranks of people looking at ranks of poppies
Autumn plane leaf lands
Autumn plane leaf lands		 Autumn leaves
Autumn leaves		 Leaves and donations falling on the poppies
Leaves and donations falling on the poppies		 Climbing the walls of a tower
Climbing the walls of a tower		 Beefeater directing the crowds
Beefeater directing the crowds
A tidal wave of poppies
A tidal wave of poppies		 A surging wave of poppies
A surging wave of poppies		 Serried ranks of poppies, sway in the wind
Serried ranks of poppies, sway in the wind		 Still they march on
Still they march on		 Poppies tumbling out of The Tower, like a broken blood vessel
Poppies tumbling out of The Tower, like a broken blood vessel
Did they really give their lives for the next generations to make obscene amounts of money and build shards and gherkins?
Did they really give their lives for the next generations to make obscene amounts of money and build shards and gherkins?		 or this?
or this?		 They're happy
They're happy		 Most of us stood in quiet respectful awe of the heartache and loss these poppies repesented
Most of us stood in quiet respectful awe of the heartache and loss these poppies repesented		 I would like to think this is a dove of peace, but its a seagull!
I would like to think this is a dove of peace, but its a seagull!

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Elaine Reed09-Nov-2014 23:19
Don't think there's any urgency for a new camera, these are beautiful, you've captured it all so very well xx
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