© by Marjorie Agosín (1955 - 2025)
Translation by Mary G. Berg
Poppies
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
Lost in a field of heavy petalled poppies, beating in celebration into this reddish garnet brushwood, I went twisted round with garlands and damp grass, naked every summer I paint.
Text Authorship:
- by Mary G. Berg , appears in Starry Night, White Pine Press, first published 1996 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Marjorie Agosín (1955 - 2025), appears in Noche estrellada, copyright © [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marc Satterwhite (b. 1954), "Poppies", 2008 [ tenor, horn and piano ], from Van Gogh's Flowers, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-18
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