<P> `` In Flanders Fields '' is a war poem in the form of a rondeau , written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant - Colonel John McCrae . He was inspired to write it on May 3 , 1915 , after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer , who died in the Second Battle of Ypres . According to legend , fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae , initially dissatisfied with his work , discarded it . `` In Flanders Fields '' was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch . </P>
<P> `` In Flanders Fields '' is a war poem in the form of a rondeau , written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant - Colonel John McCrae . He was inspired to write it on May 3 , 1915 , after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer , who died in the Second Battle of Ypres . According to legend , fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae , initially dissatisfied with his work , discarded it . `` In Flanders Fields '' was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch . </P>
who wrote the poem in flanders fields the poppies grow
who wrote the poem in flanders fields the poppies grow
Canadian physician Lieutenant - Colonel John McCrae
Canadian physician Lieutenant - Colonel John McCrae