"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."
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✒️ Canadian poet and soldier #JohnMcCrae #DOTD 28 January 1918. #Poetry
Today in Bookish and Literary History, December 8
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Today in Bookish and Literary History, December 8
#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #December8 #JohnMcCrae #MaxwellAnderson #AbeBurrows #GustavFreytag #JohnVanDruten #booksky
"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."
✒ #JohnMcCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet, was #BOTD 30 Nov 1872. #Poetry #Literature
In Flanders Fields by Lt. Col. John McCrae, Canadian physician, surgeon, poet, author, and artist, 3 May 1915 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.
On this day, we remember and honour the sacrifices of all Veterans of Canada who served in the First and Second World Wars, Korean War, Afghanistan War, and all other wars, recent and past. 🌺 🇨🇦
Lest we forget
Nous nous souviendrons
#RemembranceDay #Legion #JohnMcCrae #AnnaGuerin #poppy
We remember the surgical, medical and healthcare teams who cared and continue to care for the sick and wounded during conflict. #RemembranceDay #InFlandersFields #JohnMcCrae #LestWeForget #generalsurgery
One of history's most famous wartime poems, "In Flanders Fields", was written during the First World War by Canadian officer and surgeon John McCrae.
Source credits- The Canadian Encyclopedia
Photo credits- Library of Congress/ Wikimedia Commons
#thecanadianexperience #remembranceday #johnmccrae
Some yielded, No, not we! Not we, we swear
By these our wounds; this trench upon the hill
Where all the shell-strewn earth is seamed and bare,
Was ours to keep; and lo! we have it still.
“The Unconquered Dead” by John McCrae.
We remember.
#RemembranceDay #WeRemember #JohnMcCrae
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row.
-Col. John McCrae-
Lest we forget.
#remembranceday #poppies #flandersfields #johnmccrae #lestweforget
A single red field poppy
A wreath of red poppies with blue cornflowers placed on the war memorial in Newcastle city centre, UK. There is also a miniature bronze sculpture of a WW1 soldier holding a poppy. This was part of the 141 Days project by artist Nic Joly
"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"
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
#JohnMcCrae
#November 2025
#FlandersFields
#JOHNMCCRAE
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www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog...
Here youtube.com/watch?v=NVLR...
Screenshot from the Poetry Foundation: In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark ou 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.
FlandersFields
#liftalyric #famouspoem #legacy #poetry #bravery #johnmccrae #flandersfields
1872 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
darwin-online.org.uk/content/fram...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ludw...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/russ...
#JohnMcCrae
library.mcmaster.ca/spaces/archi...
livableincome.org/quotepics.htm
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
youtube.com/watch?v=s2_1...
🔴 1810 English poet Lord Byron swims across the dangerous Hellespont Strait in Turkey (modern day Dardanelles)
🔴 1915 Canadian poet and physician John McCrae writes the poem "In Flanders Fields" at Ypres on the Western Front
#OnThisDay
#ThisDayinHistory
#OTD
#May3
#LordByron
#JohnMcCrae
Good morning #booksky! 🌞
QOTD. Do you know of any literary events that happened on this day?
QOTD. Have you read any books from today's list?
#OnThisDay
#ThisDayinHistory
#OTD
#May3
#FrancisBacon
#LordByron
#JohnMcCrae
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.
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 3 May 1915, #JohnMcCrae wrote 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."
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-m...
✒️ Canadian poet and soldier #JohnMcCrae #DOTD 28 January 1918. #Poetry
"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."
✒ #JohnMcCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet, was #BOTD 30 Nov 1872. #Poetry #Literature
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.
- #JohnMcCrae
"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..."
- #JohnMcCrae
