We Shall Keep the Faith explained

"We Shall Keep the Faith" is a poem penned by Moina Michael in November 1918. She received inspiration for this poem from "In Flanders Fields".^[1] The "poppy red" refers to Papaver rhoeas.

Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,Sleep sweet – to rise anew!We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the FaithWith All who died.

We cherish, too, the Poppy redThat grows on fields where valor led;It seems to signal to the skiesThat blood of heroes never dies,But lends a lustre to the redOf the flower that blooms above the deadIn Flanders Fields.

And now the Torch and Poppy RedWe wear in honor of our dead.Fear not that ye have died for naught;We'll teach the lesson that ye wroughtIn Flanders Fields. By Moina Michael, 1918

References

1. Book: Thompson, Jennifer Trainer . The Joy of Family Traditions: A Season-By-Season Companion to Celebrations, Holidays, and Special Occasions . 2008 . . New York . 978-1-58761-114-8 . 71 . 2009-10-28 .