IF by Rudyard Kipling
‘IF’ is a type of didactic poem. Considered to be the most inspirational poem ever written, It contains advice about how to become an ideal human being.
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Lovely. Not just for a coming of age boy but worth thinking about for everyone at any age. Thank you, John and Alex. – Judy
BRAVO! Smiling at this!
Ugh, Alex! Kipling! Probably the only poem he wrote that wasn’t racist He did write “The White Man’s Burden” encouraging the U.S. to take over the Philippines a la Putin and Ukraine. A mural of “If” was recently painted over by students at U of Manchester and replaced by a piece by Maya Angelou.
Nice photography and reading, tho. David