The publication of Kipling’s Poems

 AB by date

This table lists Kipling’s published and unpublished poems by date order of first publication. For poems that were not published by Kipling, and recovered from his Notebooks by Andrew Rutherford in “Early Verse by Rudyard Kipling” (Oxford 1986), we have drawn on Rutherford’s judgment of when a poem was in its final form, or on further research by Professor Tom Pinney in the Cambridge Edition. See our detailed notes on each poem. 

For the publishing dates, we have generally relied on the 2010 Bibliography by David Alan Richards, together with the Cambridge Edition of The Poetry of Rudyard Kipling edited by Thomas Pinney, published in 2013.

TITLE WHERE PUBLISHED DATE
An Auto da Fé Notebook 3 Nov 2 1881
An Amateur MS 1881-1882 (?)
Brighton Beach Sundry Phansies 1882
Les Amours Faciles Notebook 1 Feb 2 1882
Ave Imperatrix USC Chronicle Mar 20 1882
After the Promise Notebooks 1 & 3 Mar 29 1882
After the Fever(1882) Notebook 1 May 1882
The Attainment Notebook 1 May 28 1882
“The Battle of Assaye” USC Chronicle Jul 2 1882
Les Amours de Voyage Notebook 1 Oct 20 1882
As far as the East is set from the West Notebook 1 Nov 1882
At the End of a Year MS Dec 1883
A Beleaguered City Civil and Military Gazette Jan 28 1884
Amour de Voyage Echoes by two writers Jul 1884
The Ballad of the King’s Daughter Echoes by two writers Jul 1884
An American Pall Mall Gazette Oct 20 1884
Appropriate Verses Echoes by two Writers Oct 1884
The Boar of the Year USC Chronicle Oct 390 1884
After the Fever Pioneer Jun 22 1885
A Ballad of Bitterness MS Dec 1885
The Ballad of East and West Pioneer Dec 2 1889
At the Distance Quartette Dec 19 1885
The Ballad of Ahmed Shah Indian Planters Gazette 1886 ?
Army Headquarters Civil and Military Gazette Feb 9 1886
Arithmetic on the Frontier Departmental Diryes  (1st) Jun  1886
A Ballad of Burial Departmental Ditties (2nd) Sep 1886
A Ballade of Jakko Hill Departmental Ditties (2nd) Sep 1886
At the Bar Civil and Military Gazette Oct 9 1886
By Honours Civil and Military Gazette Feb 22 1887
A Budget Estimate Civil and Military Gazette Mar 31 1887
“Au Revoir” Civil and Military Gazette Aug 12 1887
Blue Roses Civil and Military Gazette Aug 16 1887
A Ballade of Bad Entertainment The Week’s News Feb 1 1888
“Between the gum pot and the shears” MS Mar 1888
The Ballad of Fisher’s Boarding House The Week’s News Mar 3 1888
“And some are sulky…” Plain Tales from the Hills Mar 5 1888
By the Hoof of the Wild Goat Plain Tales from the Hills Mar 5 1888
As the Bell Clinks Departmental Ditties (3rd) Apr 1888
Bombastes Furioso Pioneer Apr 16 1888
The Betrothed Pioneer Nov 21 1888
Alnaschar Civil and Military Gazette Nov 23 1888
A Ballade of Photographs MS 1889
“A Ballade of Indian Tea” MS Sep 1889
The Ballad of the King’s Mercy New York Tribune Nov 10 1889
The Ballad of the King’s Jest Mancmillan’s Magazine Feb 1890
The Ballad of the Red Earl St James Gazette Mar 5 1890
The Ballad of the ‘Clampherdown’ St James Gazette Mar 25 1890
“Before my Spring” Maclillan’s Magazine Jun 1890
Belts Scots  Observer Jul 26 1890
The Bell Buoy Saturday Review Dec 1890
The Blind Bug National Observer Dec 21 1890
“The beasts are very wise…” Beast and Man in Indoia May 1891
“Between the waving tufts…” Beast and Man in India May 1891
The Ballad of the ‘Bolivar’ St James Gazette Jan 29 1892
“Beat off ?” The Naulahka Jun 23 1892
“Because I sought it” The Naulahka Jun 23 1892
“Beware the man” The Naulahka Jun 23 1892
Buddha at Kamakura The Times Jul 2 1892
The Answer Century Magazine Nov 1892
Anchor Song Many Inventions May 31 1893
‘Bobs’ Pall Mall Gazette Dec 1893
“At the hole where he went in…” The Jungle Book May 22 1894
“Back to the Army again” Pall Mall Gazette Aug 1894
“Birds of Prey” March Pall Mall Gazette May 30  1895
Angutivaun Taina McClore’s Magazone Nov 1895
Bill ‘Awkins The Seven Seas Seo 9 1896
An Almanac of Twelve Sports London for Christmas Dec 1897
All the World over … Daily Mail Apr 27 1900
The Absent-minded Beggar Daily Mail Oct 31 1900
Bridge-Guard in the Karroo The Times Jun 5 1901
The Burial The Times Apr 9 1902
The Ballad of Boh Da Thone Barrack Room Ballads Sep 17 1902
Boots The Five Nations Sep 1903
The Broken Men The Five Nations Sep 1903
The Advertisement Daily Mail Feb 5 1904
The Braggart Dai;y Mail Feb 9 1904
The Beginner Dai;y Mail Feb 21 1904
Butterflies Traffics and Discoveries Oct 4 1904
The Bee Boy’s Song Puck of Pook’s Hill Oct 2 1906
A British-Roman Song Puck of Pook’s Hill Oct 2 1906
A Boy Scout’s Patrol Song London Standard Sep 16 1909
The Bees and the Flies Actions and Reactions Oct 5 1909
The Buttercup MS 1910
An Astrologer’s Song Rewards and Failries Oct 4 1910
The Ballad of Minepit Shaw Rewards and Fairies Oct 4 1910
Brookland Road Rewards and Fairies Oct 4 1910
The American Rebellion A History of England Jul 15 1911
The Anvil A History of England Jul 15 1911
The Bells and Queen Victoria A History of England Jul 15 1911
Big Steamers A History of England Jul 15 1911
“Brown Bess” A History of England Jul 15 1911
The Benefactors The Years Between Apr 10  1919
The Bother The Years Between Apr 10  1919
Azrael’s Count Land and Sea Tales Nov 15 1923
The Burden McCall’s Magazine April 1926
Alnaschar and the Oxen Debits and Credits Sep 15 1926
“Banquet Night” Debits and Credits Sep 15 1926
The Beginnings Debits and Credits Sep 15 1926
The Birthright Debits and Credits Sep 15 1926
Arterial Poems 1886-1929 Dec 10 1929
The Ballad of the Cars Poems 1886-1929 Dec 10 1929
Akbar’s Bridge Limits and Renewals Apr 7 1932
At his Execution Limits and Renewals Apr 7 1932
The Bonfires Morning Post Nov 13 1933
The Appeal  Definitive Verse Dec 10 1940