2 John McCrae Poems

John McCrae was a Canadian poet and artist. He also served as a soldier in the First World War. He died of pneumonia near the end of the war. By far, his best-known poem is ‘In Flanders Fields.’ It was published posthumously in 1918. It’s from this poem that the poppy image became tied to the War.

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In Flanders Fields

‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae is a well-known, and much revered, poem concerning the many lived lost in the Flanders area of Belgium during World War I.

This is without doubt John McCrae's most famous and important poem, which remains incredibly well known to this day. It is also one of the most defining poems of the First World War and has shaped the public's perception of war in general ever since it was first published in 1915. It is impossible to discuss McCrae's career without dedicating significant attention to this poem.

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

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The Hope of My Heart

McCrae’s ‘The Hope of My Heart’ weaves a narrative of love transcending death, with a speaker entrusting a beloved’s fate to divine care.

I left, to earth, a little maiden fair,

With locks of gold, and eyes that shamed the light;

I prayed that God might have her in His care

And sight.

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