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New poem every day. Rudyard kipling 50 poems discovered. Kipling scholars are celebrating the publication of lost poems by the author whose exhortations in "If" to "keep your head when all about you / Are losing theirs and blaming it on you" are regularly voted the nation's favourite poem.

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Discovered by the American scholar Thomas Pinney in an array of hiding places including family papers, the archive of a former head of the Cunard Line and during renovations at a Manhattan house, more than 50 previously unpublished poems by Rudyard Kipling will be released for the first time next month. The collection includes several poems dating from the first world war, which Kipling initially supported, helping his son John to gain a commission in the Irish Guards. A short poem, "The Gambler", finishes with the couplet: "Three times wounded; three times gassed / Three times wrecked – I lost at last", while another fragment runs: "This was a Godlike soul before it was crazed / No matter.

The grave makes whole. " The Press by Rudyard Kipling [September 1899] Virginia schaefer. Writing ideas. Enter your e-mail to get the e-book for FREE.

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An excerpt from an article titled Ancient Egyptian Love Poems Reveal a Lust for Life by Cameron Walker for National Geographic News, pub. April 20, 2004 (source) Written during Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.) but likely composed much earlier, these songs are surprisingly direct about love and romance in ancient Egypt, using metaphors, repetition, and other poetic techniques familiar to poetry readers today. The Flower Song (Excerpt) To hear your voice is pomegranate wine to me: I draw life from hearing it. (Translated by M.V. The Crossing (Excerpt) I'll go down to the water with you, and come out to you carrying a red fish, which is just right in my fingers. (Translated by M. The Harper's Song for Inherkhawy (Excerpt) So seize the day! (Translated by J.L. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Sponsored Ads do not necessarily reflect the views of PoetryGrrrl Posts related to Ancient Egyptian Love Poetry.