Abstract
The presentation provides discussion of the verses by Georgian poets Lado Asatiani and Murman Lebanidze: „Krtsanisi Poppies“ (1940) and „Drop of Bloody Poppy at Uplistsikhe“ (1971).
Asatiani appeals to Georgian warriors killed in Krtsanisi battle (1795), mentions wound of one of them and looks to the blood shed by those, who sacrificed their lives to the native land. Lebanidze’s verse is about self-sacrificing to the native land, there is mentioned the poppy as well, in our opinion, in this verse Lebanidze makes hint on „Krtsanisi Poppies“.
Attention should be paid to the fact that Asatiani writes about the already sacrificed blood to the native country while Lebanidze writes about the one that will be shed in the future, there is an impression that Lebanidze in some way „continues“ Asatiani’s verse, implying that in Krtsanisi, where the Georgians were defeated, was not the end of Georgians’ war, that in the future we shall have to fight and sacrifice ourselves. Reading of this verse by Lebanidze in the same context as “Krtsanisi Poppies” makes what the poet wanted to say clearer.