Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
John McCrae
Born: November 30, 1872
Died: January 28, 1918 (aged 45)
Bio: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.
Known for:
- In Flanders Fields
- In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
- Letters to His Mother
- In Flanders Fields and Other Poems about War