Tess gallagher Red poppy vs Black valentine

The first poem black valntine to me was a nice way to describe the way the poet hides fear to save pleasure(9). the poet speaks of cutting a males hair for eleven years (7) but this being the last time (8). After reading lines (22-24) I have gathered the person who hair she is cutting is probably very sick and near death. I think it was really sweet how Gallagher choose to end the poem with a joke they were used to  (25-27) this for me made the poem very personal. second I read the poem Red poppy which very much seemed to be a continuation of the first poem. The poem starts off with what seemed to be estimations of death (1-3). The poet seemed to have compared the mans life to a poppy flower. The last few lines (24-30) were the description of her loved ones death. It was very dramatic how she went on to explain how she had to kiss him to be sure it was the end (24-25).  I am a big fan of how dramatic Gallagher ends off her poems.  Death is a very interesting thing for a poet to write about simply because its the one thing everybody on earth cant relate to because we all must die.