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Gelincikler, icerdikleri opium ve kan kirmizisi renklerinden dolayi ebedi uyku ve olum sembolu olarak bilinirler.
Kanadali bir cerrah ve ayni zamanda asker olan John McCrae nin I. Dunya Savasinda silah arkadasi Alexis Helmer`in olumu ustune 1915 yilinda kaleme aldigi "In Flanders fields" adli siirinden sonra gelincikler I. Dunya Savasinda olen askerlerin sembolu olmustur.
Iran edebiyatinda ise kirmizi gelincikler sonsuz askin semboludurler...




Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death because of the opium extracted from them, and of their blood-red color.
Canadian surgeon and soldier, John McCrae wrote the poem In Flanders Fields in 1915, after witnessing the death of his friend, Lt. Alexis Helmer. Thus the plant became a symbol for the dead World War I soldiers...
In Persian literature, red poppies are considered the flower of eternal love.

In Flanders fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae (1872 - 1918)