{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ff84f5a63-5933-41d4-b87b-f1cad67ca6f2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"\u201dIf\u201d by Rudyard Kipling | POETRY FOR MEN\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/f84f5a63-5933-41d4-b87b-f1cad67ca6f2\"></iframe>","title":"\u201dIf\u201d by Rudyard Kipling | POETRY FOR MEN","description":"Celebrated British author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is the author of one of the best-known and most beloved poems in the world, \u201cIf.\u201d\nKipling writes in plain language, about situations and scenarios that we can recognize, even if they aren't familiar to us from our everyday experience.\nHe explains how being a Man is a result of decisive action, not simply being, while laying out a sort of \u201cNorth Star\u201d for excellence to guide us in how we conduct our lives.\nI couldn\u2019t think of a better work to re-start my Poetry for Men series, after a long hiatus.\n.\nLINKS\nRead Rudyard Kipling's \"If\" on PoetryFoundation (link)\nWill Spencer reads \u201cIf\u201d on Vimeo (link)\nPearl Jam \u2013 \"Alive\" (link)\nRudyard Kipling on Wikipedia (link)\n.\n----\nTHE 21 CONVENTION:\nwww.the21convention.org\nUse discount code RENOFMEN for 25% off any ticket:\n21 Summit main page, for access to all 3 conferences (link)\n21Convention, all about men and masculinity (link)\n21Patriarch's, for husbands and fathers (link)\n22Convention, \"Make women great again!\" (link)\n----\nTHE RENAISSANCE OF MEN\nCheck out my website at https://renofmen.com\nConnect with us on Instagram and Twitter.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/077d5416-18ed-4332-a23d-bbdca2b970df/j_NeNa4rnItxJ1OYds7sRGv3.jpg"}