Black Valentne and Red Poppy

These two poems are written with a sense of nostalgia. In the poem Black Valentine she describes him ( her husband) as he s dying and although sad she still sounds hopeful while remembering their love for one another. When we get to Red Poppy, she describes him with a more definitive tone. While she is sitting with him on his hospital bed each breath he takes signifies all that they have gone through all the memories as they slowly turn into something more permanent which is death.