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John McCrae
John McCrae
(30 November 1872 – 28 January 1918 / Guelph, Ontario)
Poems by John McCrae : 7 / 29
In Flanders Field - Poem by John McCrae
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.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Form: Rondeau
Poems by John McCrae : 7 / 29
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Poem Submitted: Friday, January 3, 2003
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This is a great moving poem (Report) Reply
Thankfully for ally do thank you o much ok ok ok 👍 great jobs (Report) Reply
Very moving poem (Report) Reply
I found this poem to be very moving, most poems settle for ok but John Mcrae is not one of them (Report) Reply
is john mcdonalds dead? (Report) Reply
Very moving and sad lest we forget.
Must try and keep peace don't want to go there ever again. (Report) Reply
beautifully written with an economy of words.
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Very true my grannies brther died there (Report) Reply
so sad they did not live hope the children's parents don't die. : ( (Report) Reply
This poem sounds beautiful, but is in fact very unpleasant. It says we have to go on fighting because some people have died and we would be betraying them if we didn't. That would be childish if war were not so serious. But as it is, it is simply a recipe for more death and destruction. (Report) Reply
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields..................Beautiful lines (Report) Reply
this peoms very good (Report) Reply
The most profound anti-war poem I have ever read. (Report) Reply
Anti-war? ? !
He is so ugly Hello Kitty said goodbye to him. (Report) Reply
connor lovett has to be the shittest person ever, personally I'd prefer to have aids then spend a second with him (Report) Reply
He's so ugly Hello Kitty said goodbye to him.
It looks like Connors face caught on fire and someone tried to put it out with a fork.
Connor will never be the man his mother is! ! !
Beautiful writing. Though the irony is that soldiers die thinking they are fighting for freedom when more often than not wars are fought for greed and pride. The real war we should fight is against prejudice, against injustice and against those who for their greed are willing to sacrifice people without number. After winning that war maybe all the others could stop.. (Report) Reply
When a greedy country attacks a peace loving country because they want what they have, does the peace loving country just lie down so the greedy one can run over it?
R I P 4 Eva So beautiful may we remember them (Report) Reply
..............so beautiful is the imagery in this write.....may all those souls rest in peace forever......an incredible piece of poetry... (Report) Reply
I really like this. A lot. :) (Report) Reply
They said that this poem was written write after John McCrae's friend died in battle. The poem signifies a lot of things one of the reasons why I liked it. This is great piece of poetry I for one assure that to anybody who have not read it yet. (Report) Reply