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Spotlight Poetry – Poem of the day by John McCrae

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In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

The First World War ended on November 11th. 1918.

This date is now known as Armistice Day.

Over 16 million people died in battle or were civilian casualties of the war.

John McCrae was a Canadian doctor. He served as as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the war.

The poem was published in 1915, and its immediate success led to it being quoted in propaganda as part of the war effort. The reference, in the poem, to the red poppies of Flanders has led to the the symbolic significance of the wearing of poppies on Remembrance Day each year.

John McCrae died of pneumonia during combat action in 1918, just eight months before the war ended.

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Poem Attribution © John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, (Published -1915)

Source Attribution A Poem For Every Day Of The Year, Mac Millan UK

Image Attribution © Robert Alexander, In Flanders Fields, (Date Unstated)

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Spotlight Poetry – Poem of the day by Walter de la Mare

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Please to Remember by Walter de la Mare

‘Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.’

On November 5th., 1605 , Guy Fawkes was arrested for his part in a plot to assassinate the king, James 1st., by blowing up the House of Lords (London).

To celebrate the King’s survival, bonfires were lit around the country.

This annual tradition has only developed over the last few centuries, with the addition of fireworks, and, of course the making of an effigy of Guy Fawkes to place on top of the bonfire.

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Poem Attribution © Walter de la Mare, Please to Remember

Source Attribution A Poem For Every Day Of The Year, Mac Millan UK

Image Attribution © Lara Cobden, Darkness Revealed, (Date Unstated)

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Spotlight – Haiku #1, a poem by Richard Wright

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Haiku Credit © Richard Wright

Source Credit https://writingcooperative.com/richard-wright-the-best-american-haiku-502ece4c9b2a

Image Credit © Conor McGuire, Cliffs Of Moher At Sunset, (Date Unstated)

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