Flanders Fields, Belgium, 1915: Poppies, the hue of human blood, blow in the gentle breeze. The scarlet blooms decorate thousands of Allied soldier graves.

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Crimson poppies still dance in the breeze as if nothing horrific happened in Flanders Fields. But a century after the start of World War I, the flowers endure as a symbo… ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery ...

The British wear poppies on Armistice Day because a Canadian doctor wrote a poem that mentions poppies. It’s a small thing, that poppy-wearing, when compared to the horror of World War I, with the ...

This has been the week of the poppy, the hugely symbolic flower we’ve been reflecting on this past month. It grew, of course, in Flanders Fields where it inspired the ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician.

McCrae wrote “In Flanders Field”—poppies are also known as the Flander poppy—a short, three-stanza poem that gives a stark look at death and war. In the poem, ...

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.

Poppies are worn by people at this time of year due to its connection to Memorial Day and here is how that […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 57°F.