Poppies In July Quotes

“Little poppies, little hell flames,
Do you do no harm?

You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns.”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel

“Little bloody skirts!

--from "Poppies in July", written 20 July 1962”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel