Tag Archives: Rudyard Kipling

Mowgli, a Tea Party Libertarian?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 11, 2014

Although Kipling’s “Jungle Books” sometimes read like a rightwing fantasy, there’s a progressive element as well.

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Mowgli Upsets Cincinnati Bengals

By Robin Bates | Published: January 7, 2014

The Cincinnati Bengals losing to San Diego is like Shere Khan losing to Mowgli.

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A Reminder Not to Forget War’s Ravages

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2013

Kipling’s “Recessional” curiously isn’t the imperialistic war poem that would have expected at Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee.

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Beagles, a Wellspring of Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: September 18, 2013

Two dogs we were keeping recently ran off, triggering a flood of anxiety and poetry.

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Did Martha Deserve Her Scolding?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2013

A wonderful U. A. Fanthorpe poem tells Mary-Martha story from Mary’s point of view.

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Out There the World Is Cruel and Loud

By Robin Bates | Published: March 10, 2013

The Prodigal Son is a fruitful story for artist projection.

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Pan’s Call–The Return of the Repressed

By Robin Bates | Published: December 2, 2012

Pan became a major figure for turn-of-the-century poets and artists.

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Respect Soldiers, Keep Them Safe

By Robin Bates | Published: November 12, 2012

In a number of his poems, Kipling honors the common soldier by giving us his perspective.

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Elated? Depressed? This Lit’s for You

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2012

Lit to caution election night winners and bolster election night losers.

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