Context

• Commissioned to write poem by Caryll Ann Duffy
• What war was the poem written about?


  Gulf war

  Iraq vs Afghanistan
• Who wrote poppies?


  Jane weir
• Does Jane Weir have children and how does it relate to the poem?


  2 sons

  Authentic voice as the poem is about the loss of a mother's point of view
• What line in the poem does Jane Weir being a textile designer have relevance in regarding context?


  "Spasms of paper red"

  "Yellow bias binding"