Why are poppies important ?

The poppy is a recognized symbol for the soldiers that died. The poppy became popular when "In Flanders Fields: a poem written by John McCrae who was a doctor from Canadian Army Medical Corps(Later became Lieutenant-Colonel). The poem was written in the middle of the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium of 1915. Now the poppy is used as a symbol or emblem of remembrance because of the poem "In Flanders Field."

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!

Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
                                                                  The torch: be yours to hold it high
                                                                  If ye break faith with us who die,
                                                                  We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
                                                                  In Flanders fields