In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (May 1915)

[Kram6298]

This is a wonderful reading of In Flanders Fields. The intonation, rhythm, and stress are perfect.

[EvelynPaigeIreland]

there are no pauses on where you are pausing try again.

[happy1765]

✿In god they had trusted. The had fought for what was right, and they had won battles, but also lost some. May the ones who fell for what they believed in, lives lost and families hurt. You're never forgotten. Forever Rest In Peace ♥ ✿

[MultiCrazyboyz]

At our school asembully yesturday a Gr.sixer red this.

[Canuck703]

@pdalaigh you get to express your fucking stupid opnion cause alll those brave soldiers died. Piss off you fucking wast of life.

[pdalaigh]

@Canuck703 - First of all let me correct your spelling its "waste" not "wast",secondly i did not get to express my "stupid" opinion because "all those brave soldiers died", you don't have a clue who i am or what my history is, no british soldier did anything to enable me "expres my opinion" in fact they done the exact opposite, so please don't show your ignorance by talking about things which are clearly beyond your comprehension.

[Pally3200]

It just makes me sick to see someone disliked this. They have NO clue how much those soldiers gave for us.

[gmoxon1]

A great poem and unforgettable setting

Luxury Hedonist

[spyware60]

Very well spoken, he read this how it should.

Greetings from Flanders.

[hiphoppop8]

we read it in our school and we're doing a song about it

one sad line:

the test of time has stood us tall,through bravest hearts,some forced to fall.

just to give us freedom

[miafatemarie]

I cry at this poem.

[thesilentninja100]

Its BrandonR

[pdalaigh]

John McCrae is actually urgeing on more young men to die in this poem, everbody has been over taken with"oh what a lovely poem..." absolute bull, listen to the poem its not an anti war poem, its not a poem which saw WW1 for what it was, a waste, it is a poem which misses all this and yet the poppy will be worn by half of britain who have no idea what they are supporting.......i will not wear a poppy ever and anyone else who actually thinks about the origins of the poppy will not wear one either.

[haydensgd]

@pdalaigh The poppy honours the memory of those who perished, it does not glorify war and neither does the poem. It is a question of perception and symboloism which hasn't touched your heart yet, but it will.

[pdalaigh]

@haydensgd - i am sorry bud but the poem does urges you to..."take up the fight with the foe..", thereby glorifying the whole process of the mass murder which was WW1..as for the poppy itself, i agree with you it is a question of "perception and symboloism" and for many,many countries any symbol glorifying british soldiers is a very unwecome one........ask any of their former colonies....peace...

[HaggisPowah]

@pdalaigh you're a bloody idiot - where the FUCK do you get off thinking anyone who sacrificed their lives for us did it for the love of war? You're a pathetic excuse for a human being, my friend.

[pdalaigh]

@HaggisPowah - no i am not an "idiot", idiots are those who follow blindly a tradition which they actually don't fully uinderstand. The poppy is supposed to represent british soldiers who have died protecting "Freedom", its funny that if your actually look at the history of "freedom" the brithish soldiers are the ones usually suppressing it. So how can you honour such a force? If you want i can list those countries and peoples who have experianced "british" freedom.

[uklassinus]

@pdalaigh WWI was supposed to be the war that ended all wars, so my interpretation of this poem is that 'foe' referred not to the soldiers on the other side, but to the causes of war. We do not wear poppies because we agree with every military action that Britain has ever taken. We wear the poppies to remember the sacrifice made by the soldiers, the young men that gave their all, NOT to remember the politicians who sent them to battle.

[pdalaigh]

@uklassinus - Fair enough, i respect your interpretation and you put your point across very politely, even though i do not agree with your interpretation, i think McCrae was talking about the Germans, but i do understand your need to remember the soldiers of WW1 so lets agree to disagree on certain points and hope that in the future the best way to remember their sacrifice is not to have any more immoral wars such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.....

[Kram6298]

@pdalaigh The problem I have with your tirade is your failure to cite any facts to back up your position. You appear to hate the British but they were only one of many countries involved, and John McCrae was a Canadian. The British are not perfect and neither are we Americans, the Canadians, the French etc, but those countries are far beyond any other group of nations in defending freedom and human dignity. I agree WW1 was largely a waste but the blame doesn't belong to one country or one side.

[pdalaigh]

@Kram6298 - Sorry you had to put up with my "tirade" (& i knew McCrae was a canadian doctor) - you wish me to back up my comments regarding the hypocrisy of those fighting in the WW1, 50,000 Irish men died fighting in the brit army for "The rights of small nations", 2,500 died from my own city...and yet the brits were the ones murdering Irish men and women when they decided to "fight for their small nation" so tell me why didn't all those countries fighting for "freedom" come to our aid?

[Kram6298]

@pdalaigh Ah, so that be the ax you grind upon. I never wrote anything about "the rights of small nations" so why ask me why? The Irish have certainly been misused through the years and to the extent the Brits treated you like dogs, shame on them, but maybe the real problem is the lack of an Irish Patrick Henry who might have stirred his countrymen to end British rule. America wasn't given our freedom from the British crown, we won it. Give me liberty or give me death, and all that.

[pdalaigh]

@Kram6298 - so my arguments have won out, we have had many "Patrick Henrys" but unfortunately having the brits as next door neighboursrather then 1000 miles away has posed abit of a problem........and america has not helped...aren't you the guys who banned Gerry Adams in the 80's?I see you have chosen to ignore my comments regarding americas rather fractured historyof supporting democracy and freedom hroughout the world. Wise move.....wise move..goodbye from "a waste of time"..

[pdalaigh]

@Kram6298 - as for america "defending" freedom, you have to be joking, even a cursory look at the last 60 years will show you that americas only intention is to control resources and people throughout the world. How can a country which espoues freedom and democracy ever support regimes such as Saddams Iraq, or the dictatorships in Saudi Arabia or Bahrain? Why did the americans, after "liberating" Kuwait hand it straight back to another dictator? Its the hypocracy i can't stand,

[Kram6298]

@pdalaigh You are a waste of my time. Go away.

[dontbemeanful]

WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET :(

[dtbreno]

its not poem its a song

[PokemonSpriteSimon]

@dtbreno actully it is a poem but made into a song

[2008Sameoldfitup]

rw

[Bloodshotshatterbone]

NEVER forget.

[IFknHateUTube]

What if flantdres was a forest and ferns grew there instead of poppies? That would really fuck up this poem, eh?

[CATniteOwl]

Perfect (and beautiful) narration - perfect video. Thank you.

[charlieboyzname]

I heard Harry Patch (the last surviving British Soldier who served during WW1) say this poem at the Menin Gate in Ypres - it shook me through to the bone, I was a military person at the time and have since been disabled out due to a spine injury whilst in Iraq in 2005.

[BrugesFan23]

My favorite poem, i live there too.

[WaCkYkAtTy]

finally a video where there arent any dislikes! some people are so disrespectful!

[RYTYKYJCloveyouguys]

I absolutely love this poem! John Mc Crae was an amazing writer!

[geko7844]

Cleaver poem. when it talks about the foe, we are the foe if we don't remember.

Sad. 25million british killed and all the germans, who were forced to fight.

type this into google images; children saluting hitler

[speedcat9999]

@geko7844 I thought this was a world war one

[geko7844]

@speedcat9999 it was both, and also Hitler was in ww1 as well, a a soldier. Because the germans lost, he wnted revenge so formed the Nazis

i think....

[edderd8]

@geko7844 its more then that.

[geko7844]

@edderd8 yeah, your probably right.

[edderd8]

@geko7844 Lets say that revenge was the cover for the madness of Hitler. I believe that the German people followed Hitler Because Germany suffered a lot cause of the verdict of Versaille. I guess you know what i mean ( losing territories, a lot of money to pay back which couldn't be paid by the Germans, etc)

[slcemasterfirefly]

@geko7844 you are correct but hittler started WWII because we Canada and US told him no troops and he made troops so and he still lost

[wwjdcol]

I memorized this poem for a school assembly back when I was in grade 4 (I think, it was around that age). Anyway that was a little over a decade ago, but I can still quote it off by heart to this day. Even though I only think about it a hand full of times during a year, I still remember. I have never regret memorizing the poem, even though I think I remember grumbling to my parents about having to memorize it, back in the day.

[YOUrmypal68]

"short days ago we lived

felt dawn, saw sunset glow

loved and were loved"

[TheGrunge619]

Back in 1974 at school assembly at Uralla Central School in Country New south wales, Australia, the Principal asked the children what is tomorrow, the 11th of November?There was one of those silences -you know the ones! I knew the answer and said it was Armistace day The eleventh hour of the eleventh Month at eleven o'clock ! I was in year seven and the whole school was shocked either by my knowledge or I was comfirming that I really was a nerd.Every year I stand by myself and remember.

[HeraLedro]

Αυτό το ποίημα είναι πολύ όμορφο. Ειθέ αυτοί που έχασαν τη ζωή τους κατά τον Πρώτο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο να αναπαυθούν εν ειρήνη.

[acerb45666555]

60,000 Canadians swallowed by the games of Prancing Nobles and Money Mongering fat cats! and thats a fact!

[sio989]

me to its so sad

[zombieholic]

@sio989 this poem makes me cry everytime its read outloud just soo sad

[TheSparrow002]

i love this poem