Poetic Openings : Rudyard Kipling to Rudyard Kipling

Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Ballad Of Bolivar : First Line : Seven men from all the world, back to Docks again,
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Ballad Of East And West : First Line : Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Ballad Of Fisher's Boarding-house : First Line : That night, when through the mooring-chains
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Ballad Of The Clampherdown : First Line : It was our war-ship ~Clampherdown~
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Ballad Of The King's Jest : First Line : When spring-time flushes the desert grass,

Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Ballad Of The King's Mercy : First Line : Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief, of him is the story told.
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Betrothed : First Line : "You must choose between me and your cigar."
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Broken Men : First Line : For things we never mention,
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Camel's Hump : First Line : The Camel’s hump is an ugly lump
Poet : Rudyard Kipling : Poem : The Coastwise Lights : First Line : Our brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees;