Flower for the Day Poppy 6-13-2

In the side yard in the shade of a large tree is a 'field' of poppies (Papaver).Each year it gets larger. Poppies are herbaceous

plants with beautiful colored flowers which have 4 or 6 petals, multiple stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the center of the flower and an ovary of from 2 to many fused carpels. The petals lie flat before falling away. 

        A Poppy Blooms

I write, erase, rewrite

Erase again, and then

A poppy blooms.

Katsushika Hokusai