Tag Archives: Rudyard Kipling

Kipling’s Stellar Advice for Leaders

By Robin Bates | Published: February 2, 2023

For a new incoming college president, Kipling’s “If” provides excellent advice.

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What Made Roger Federer Special

By Robin Bates | Published: September 27, 2022

Recently retired Roger Federer had a quality possessed by the 17th century Cavalier poets.

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Jane Austen Will Cure What Ails You

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2021

Jane Austen therapy has been prescribed for war vets, London civilians under attack, and people hiding out from Covid.

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Dreaming of Travel during Covid

By Robin Bates | Published: December 21, 2020

A very smart Covid poem circulating on social media at the moment references 11 poems, all about longing to travel.

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In “Crown,” Philip Gets Auden, Not Keats

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2020

“The Crown” makes productive use of poetry to move the action. In three Season #3 episodes, we encounter Kipling, Shakespeare, Keats & Auden.

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The Case for Memorizing Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2020

To bolster yourself against this age of anxiety, memorize robust poetry. Other poetry works as well.

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Memo to Teachers: Put Lives on Line

By Robin Bates | Published: August 6, 2020

Trumpian disrespect for school personnel–no special emphasis on safe reopening–brings to mind Kipling’s “Tommy.”

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Our Embattled Health Care Workers

By Robin Bates | Published: June 28, 2020

In Kaye’s “Far Pavilions,” the hero sees the British botching an expedition but joins them anyway. This is how I see our healthcare workers.

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Giuliani, a Kiplingesque Fortune Hunter

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2019

Rudy Giuliani resembles the fortune hunters in Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King.”

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