Rudyard Kipling

Poetry Friday: The Secret of the Machines

February 25, 2011 By Laura

I’ve shared before that one of my favorite poems of all time is "Seal Lullaby," by Rudyard Kipling. Today, I’m sharing another Kipling poem. On NPR this morning, they were discussing outsourcing and the effect of computerizing and digitalizing on our economy. I went looking this morning for another Kipling poem to share, since I […]

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Poetry Friday: Seal Lullaby (by Rudyard Kipling)

May 14, 2010 By Laura

Yesterday, I was catching up on a little blog reading from National Poetry Month, and Kathi Appelt in her interview at The Miss Rumphius Effect mentioned her father reading Rudyard Kipling poems to her as a child. I’ve shared this poem once before, but I love it–so here it is again. Seal Lullaby Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the […]