What Made poppys grow?

Question

On the fields of flanders in the first world war do you think it was a gift sent as rememberance to our lost soldiers

Answer 1

You made me think of Blackadder Goes Forth, very last episode. When they go over the top, then scene fades to show a sprawling field of poppies. That was very poignant.

God bless the men that spent years, fighting for inches of mud at a time, in filthy trenches. Drafted into war by king and country. The ones cut down in their prime.

My great grandfather was one of them.

Answer 2

Thanks for the question. I haven't read this poem for many years and I'm glad I have again.

THE RED POPPY


Long before the Great War, the red poppy had become a symbol of death, renewal and life. The seeds of the flower can remain dormant in the earth for years, but will blossom spectacularly when the soil is churned. Beginning in late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders became the scene of stupendous disturbances. Red Poppys soon appeared.

In Flanders Fields
By John McCrae


In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row by row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard among the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If yea break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Answer 3

Sorry to dampen you're dream but maybe they were there to start with, I'm not saying that the Poppy, which I always buy on the 11th is not a good way of paying a little and remembering those who paid the ultimate price though.

Answer 4

I've never even heard of the field of flanders. But I like poppys... maybe it was.

Answer 5

probably, all of the fertilizer that, got left behind.