The poem describes the delicate red wildflowers ... Inspired, Anna Guérin, a French teacher turned war effort fundraiser, began selling poppies on designated days from September 1919.

Pupils performed music and poetry at events on Monday to remember ... to Remembrance and Armistice assemblies." Mr Bell said the poppies were "designed so children understand".

But luckily Jane Weir is here with me to talk to you about her beautiful poem 'Poppies'. Hello, Jane. JANE: Hi, Testament. TESTAMENT: We're going to talk about three key points today: context ...

The poppy symbol is believed to have come from the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, a poem about World War I. The opening stanza reads: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the ...

Moina Michael, incidentally, wrote her own poem in 1918, entitled We Shall Keep the Faith, which includes the lines: ‘And now the Torch and Poppy Red/We wear in honour of our dead/Fear not that you ...