Context/Abt the Poet

• During the 1990s, Jane Weir lived in Northern Island, and experienced the Troubles
• Weir runs her own textile business, and references to this can be seen in the poem
• Weir wanted to write from a woman’s perspective as many war poems are written by men
• Poppies’ makes reference to Armistice Day, and the idea of wearing poppies to remember those who have died in war