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 Field ...

But the poppies adopted this meaning because of the war poem "In Flanders Fields," written by the Canadian physician, Lt. Col. John McCrae. It was at the second battle of Ypres, Belgium ...

In Flanders Fields (PoetryFoundation.org) 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 ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, fly. Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead.

The red poppy has come to symbolize remembrance and hope following the 1915 publication of the wartime poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae ...