Rudyard Kipling's Inspirational Poem "If" Visual Poetry Performance Reading by Christopher Emerson

http://www.PlanetEmerson.com presents: Christopher Emerson in a video performance piece of Rudyard Kipling's famous poem "If."

-- If --

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

--If by Rudyard Kipling - A Spoken Word Poetry Performance by Christopher Emerson--

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[BEAUMONTLYNCH]

This deserves a lot more views. Beautiful.

[PlanetEmersonTV]

@BEAUMONTLYNCH Thank you so much for your compliment. I agree dammit! LOL Thanks for watching. Take care.

[davidaugustactor]

Nice work!

[PlanetEmersonTV]

@davidaugustactor Thank you for the props David. Appreciated. :)

[khosrab]

Nice work Chris!! that was awesome

[PlanetEmersonTV]

@khosrab Thank you so much!!!

[gleelove33]

Wow that was great....im gunna share that with everyone i know :)

[lasvagasboy]

simply great



[kgerton]

Performance was very well done combined with the creative cinematography I think you may have captured classic wisdom that will appeal to an audience of all ages, a rebirth so to speak. What else can I say... but, bravo!

[getjosh27]

i am reading this poem to my literature class today and i will be showing them this video as a companion. thanks for a great reading!!!

[acm0610]

good job! by the way what is the title of the background music? i'll be thankful if my question will be answered :)