Young Writers Society

Kipling is without a doubt my favorite poet of all time, so, for all of you fellow fans of this great poet, I'd love to hear what your favorite poems by him are

(NOTE: Kim and The Jungle Book don't count, since those are novels)

For me, I'd have to say that my favorite is "The Road to Mandalay" (though I also love "Gunga Din"). Of course, "The White Man's Burden" is also a classic, and there's just something so glorious - so characteristically imperial - about that poem's particular cadence.

So, I now dare ask: are there any other Kipling stans out there?

I haven't read many poems by him, but I remember in the sixth grade we could memorize his poem "If" for extra credit. If you memorized the whole poem, you could get forty extra credit points, which of course is an insane amount! I guess my teacher really wanted us to memorize the poem cx I still have the poem memorized, for it's quite unforgettable. I really enjoyed reading and memorizing it! I think that one has to be my favourite of his