In the latest in a series looking at Shakespeare’s references to birds, Steve Sutherland has the lark in his sights.

(scoreboard chimes) Toss-up for both. What poem, which describes how poppies blow between rows of crosses, was- (buzzer dings) - "Flanders Fields." - That is correct. (scoreboard chimes ...

The poppy also has medicinal use because the plant produces opium, which is also associated with narcotics such as morphine, codeine, heroin, and oxycodone. In Flanders Field was written by John ...

OTTAWA - War poet John McCrae, who helped make the poppy an enduring symbol of the ... his name to what would be published as "In Flanders Fields." He is sitting on a broken tree branch, his ...

He succeeded multiple times in smaller things: Bringing young people together in local settings, teaching them that the poppy fields of Flanders were fertilised by the blood oozing from the ...

Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins 888,246 filled the Tower’s moat, each representing a British Military fatality in the War – with the final poppy being placed ... opening and dedication of the ...

Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Although Kramer-Berg American Legion Post 507 officially celebrated its 100th birthday on March 15, its birthday party will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in the ...