Before WW1, McCrae was already a published poet in his native Canada, and ‘In Flanders Fields’ is one of a few dozen poems that McCrae wrote on and off the frontline. This short three-paragraph verse ...

Below is a line-by-line analysis of "In Flanders Fields." Click on each of the red words to read more about the history of the poem.

He wrote a famous poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, on the death of a comrade ... This short film is suitable for teaching history at Key Stage 2 / Second Level or above.

Arriving as the B-side for Allegaeon’s recently released cover of J.S. Bach’s “Concerto in Dm” last month comes a new music video for the band’s interpretation of “In Flanders Fields,” a war poem by ...

The statue by renowned sculptor Ruth Abernethy imagines McCrae at the moment he looks up from the notebook where he has just signed his name to what would be published as "In Flanders Fields." ...

At the second battle of Ypres in 1915, when in charge of a small first-aid post, McCrae wrote a poem that has come to be known as 'In Flanders Fields'. The poem described the poppies that marked the ...

Replicas of poppies were first distributed in other countries following the end of World War I, and were inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by Col. John McCrae of Canada in ...

“In Flanders Fields” was published by a British magazine in 1915. Three years later, McCrae died of pneumonia, but his poem pops up ... of the flower’s WWI history. This “weed” can ...