REMEMBERANCE DAY 11:am TODAY: WHERE WILL YOU BE?

 

In Flanders Fields

By John Mcrae

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.

 

This poem is in the public domain.

John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872.  A Canadian doctor and teacher who served in World War I, he is best known for his  memorial poem “In Flanders Fields.” He died on January 28, 1918.