“In Flanders Fields”

Cultural  

1. A poem about World War I by the Canadian author John McCrae, describing the scene of some of the worst fighting of the war; the “speakers” of the poem are the dead. It begins:

   In Flanders fields the poppies blow

   Between the crosses, row on row,

   That mark our place….

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Example Sentences

The flowers are Britain’s traditional symbol of remembrance, recalling the poppies made famous by the poem “In Flanders Fields” during World War I.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023

My mom loved poetry and when I read “In Flanders Fields” it always makes me think of her.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021

But “In Flanders Fields” did not register among the American public until the 1918 publication of American humanitarian Moina Michael’s poem “We Shall Keep the Faith,” which references McCrae’s poem in its opening stanzas.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2019

In Canada, we repeat the words of John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields”: “If ye break faith with us who die . . .”

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2018