Yesterday was Veterans Day. I started the day by reading "In Flanders Fields" to my students. Most of them heard the poem in high school, although not all. I know ...
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. “The poem’s powerful ...
But as the artifacts in the Osler Library’s possession attest, McCrae’s poem resonated before it even appeared in print.