Best Mccrae Poems
Below are the all-time best Mccrae poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mccrae poems written by PoetrySoup members
Clerihew MccraeSoldier/poet John McCrae
his words remembered to this day
On days of Remembrance
his verse both scan&dance...
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mccrae, people, poetry,
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Clerihew
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
mccrae, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
return to Flanders fields -
my brittle bones are like this fence, so built
on throes of horrors shrouded with the...
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mccrae, history, loss, war,
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Rhyme
Blood Masks the LeaBlood masks the lea, the blasted loam
upon whose breasts soldiers came home.
The earth, herself, held each to chest
the mist of sky killed with each breath
as...
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mccrae, death, war,
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Rondeau
Color Coquelicot
Color Coquelicot
Blazing Coquelicot
paints famed Flanders Field Poppies
on battle-scarred land.
Honored too on coat lapels...
war symbol of remembrance.
Sandra M. Haight
~NA~
Premiere Contest: Kim's Color Splash
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Judged:...
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mccrae, flower, history, inspirational,
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Tanka
Like Red Tears Cascading
"We are the Dead. Short days ago.
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved, and now we lie.
In Flanders...
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mccrae, history, war,
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Free verse
In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies grow;
Their roots reach down to twine amongst the bones,
The mouldering bones.
Each skull in grinning disbelief voices
Its eternal...
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Categories:
mccrae, anniversary, bereavement, betrayal, body,
Form:
Blank verse
Where Poppies Grow
"We are the dead. Short days ago
We loved, felt dawn and saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved ...."
...
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Categories:
mccrae, war,
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Narrative
Winkers Are Not Soldiers, Yet We Die[with apologies to Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae]
We are the winkers! Short days ago,
We played all night, until dawn's glow,
Squopped and were squopped: for here we...
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Categories:
mccrae, death, flower, games, humor,
Form:
Quatrain
Poppy DayJohn McCrae wrote a poem in 1915,
Called In Flanders Fields about his dead friend Alexis Helmer,
On May the third, after he had presided over...
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mccrae, beautiful, bereavement, death, future,
Form:
Blank verse
Poppy Love' In Flanders fields the poppies blow,
between the crosses, row on row'.
So wrote the poet John McCrae,
recording the reality of his day.
Now after ninety four...
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Categories:
mccrae, confusion, loss, people, political,
Form:
Rhyme
In ArmsIn Memorial to All: And John McCrae
Every man has to die
In time
It always will be
To begin, to end
Is the way
It must be
Torn, beaten, we live
In...
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Categories:
mccrae, humanity, sad, world war
Form:
Free verse
A Poem For PoetsHas there ever been a pen as sharp as when Whitman penned his captain dead?
Was anyone more right than when Thomas urged rage against the...
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Categories:
mccrae, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
PoetWords my mouth cannot find to speak
Flow from my pen with grace and ease.
Fated to the page, give me ink
To fight and battle with the...
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Categories:
mccrae, beauty, fear, poets, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
We Are Canadian: As One We StandWe came from the beginning, shrouded mists of time and space,
And in this vast and northern clime each found our sacred place.
We were our country’s...
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Categories:
mccrae, adventure, endurance, history, patriotic,
Form:
Rhyme