The poppy is the State Flower of California.
Highland Avenue in Altadena
after the fire
is planting poppies
all along the street
unifying our resolve.
I cannot help but think
of Flanders fields
where poppies grow
among the dead
and unify the living.

More about the Great Altadena Poppy Project: https://www.coloradoboulevard.net/altadena-in-bloom-sowing-hope-one-poppy-at-a-time/