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The Gods Of The Copybook Headings — Rudyard Kipling	As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place. Peering through reverent fingers I...	25,063 views Rate it
The White Man's Burden — Rudyard Kipling	Take up the White man's burden -- Send forth the best ye breed -- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness ...	24,066 views Rate it
it's easier than a month and a month — Markesh Dickinson	Looks like plastic bags. Is Windil coming back? Listen, the paper is thin Do you like karate at home? Are you buried Shouts 6 feet, but no one hears ...	23,023 views Rate it
The Defence of Lucknow — Alfred Lord Tennyson	I BANNER of England, not for a season, O banner of Britain, hast thou Floated in conquering battle or flapt to the battle-cry! Never with mightier...	14,284 views Rate it
Tommy — Rudyard Kipling	I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an'...	12,433 views Rate it
The Unknown Soldier — David Reilly	The Unknown Soldier I am the Unknown Soldier and you’re standing on my grave but please don't confuse me with one considered brave. I was eighteen...	11,837 views Rate it
The Young British Soldier — Rudyard Kipling	When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East 'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast, An' 'e wonders because 'e is frequent deceased Ere...	9,271 views Rate it
The Calming Storm — Guy Albert	I missed you Ever so quietly I played our memories on repeat To be able to share some excitement Or even an argument with you Would be a blessing ...	8,366 views Rate it
Taxi man — Peter Huang	road i cannot drive on the apartment cannot prolong the tires forever enveloped, and the enginge rusted in the molden insides of the blizzard....	7,976 views Rate it
The Law of the Jungle — Rudyard Kipling	Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must...	7,477 views Rate it
The Hollow Men — T. S. Eliot	I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are...	6,153 views Rate it
Gone but not forgotten — Jordane Garrity	When I lost you grief arrived with a twin One asked that I mourn who you were The other that I mourn who you could have been My heart feels torn in...	6,149 views Rate it
Terence, This is Stupid Stuff — Alfred Edward Housman	"Terence, this is stupid stuff! You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh,...	4,826 views Rate it
Do not go gentle into that good night — Dylan Thomas	Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at...	4,820 views Rate it
Ode To A Nightingale — John Keats	My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute...	4,727 views Rate it
Live Your Life — Chief Tecumseh	So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that...	4,397 views Rate it
Revisioned — Guy Albert	I sit by the pond created by the streams of my tears and dream, dream of a tomorrow that won’t ever be A tomorrow where you would still be; Whole A...	4,271 views Rate it
Wishbone — Richard Siken	You saved my life he says I owe you everything. You don’t, I say, you don’t owe me squat, let’s just get going, let’s just get gone, but he’s ...	4,075 views Rate it
Death Ground — Avery Watts	All in, fall out, fate is calling, go time, no doubt Locked in and on a route Headlong, headstrong Beckoned by the trek I’m meant on And just like...	4,035 views Rate it
Burn — Avery Watts	The hunt is underway Where predator becomes the prey Sparks arc and dark explodes Sweating bullets in the open Oh, they’ve been exposed In the...	4,029 views Rate it
Requiem — Anna Akhmatova	Not under foreign skies Nor under foreign wings protected - I shared all this with my own people There, where misfortune had abandoned us. ...	3,819 views Rate it
Seated ❤️ — Joanne Boyle	Do not look at me with sorrow, Simply because I sit alone. It is a choice I chose to make To compose the shivers from my bone. Do not look at this...	3,670 views Rate it
THE TREEHOUSE — Gerald Logie	I finally agreed when he turned eight To build his ' Castle in the sky' With wooden steps nailed up the side Just so he could climb that high. Four...	3,635 views Rate it
On Death — Kahlil Gibran	Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death. And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless...	3,598 views Rate it
A Senryu Tale of Genji — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A senryu poem About Prince Minamoto, The renown Genji. His life and journey In Japan’s Heian period In Old Kyoto. A Golden Era. The eleventh...	3,347 views Rate it