Poppy Fields

This is very much looking as if it is the image that will form the basis of my watercolour painting that I intend to complete to showcase my four stanza five feet per line poem called; 'Poppy Fields'. The poem begins with the Great War and ends by reminding the reader that each year those poppy fields will return. The idea with the image is to have the poem on the left hand side upper third of the page, possibly with the text painted rather than using an ink pen, and the stretcher party moving towards the poem but set in the lower third on the right hand side. The uniforms used are deliberately different and span over a century. These variety of uniforms are brought together to demonstrate the continuation of conflict and suffering and the need to care for those who are injured or have lost loved ones during military campaigns. We usually read books and view art from left to right. Therefore the poem is on the left as it's the main theme, and the different uniforms begin with the earliest also from left to right. The draped Union Jack can be taken either way i.e. a flag instead of a neutral coloured blanket covering the injured, or a flag draped over the body of a fallen comrade. The imagery supports the poem rather than dictating how the words are to be interpreted.