“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae at poetryfoundation.org
I don’t cry very often. This isn’t a brag or anything, I just don’t. But, as I prepare an article onĀ All Quiet on the Western Front‘s cinematic adaptations, I think about the century that has passed since the Great War ended November 11, 1918, and I made the mistake of remembering and seeking out “In Flanders Fields,” the poem by John McCrae that has been set to music.
It gets me every time.