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Pretty great idea. The right sort of poetry is so powerful! And Kipling is so underrated and maligned.

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Well, feel free to comment on the poem etc.

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I have been on a quest to memorize reading Kipling’s poems in hopes that I may be blessed with his an ounce of his wit within my own prose.

I find music easier to memorize, so I have in car rides during work begun to sing allow with the following video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=76v-Cgl4HP0&t=2011s&pp=ygUNUGV0ZXIgYmVsbGFteQ%3D%3D

I have thus memorized ‘The Prodigal Son’ and I think I will work on ‘Big Steamers’, next. I particular like the first verse of ‘The Dutch in the Medley’.

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Thank you for sharing! I need to find a good introduction to Rudyard immediately.

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