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Trying to write If poem by Rudyard Kipling in business cursive handwriting and using a black liner. Obviously need a large paper, because A4 is too small)) : r/Handwriting
![Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B02P26/joseph-rudyard-kipling-30-december-1865-18-january-1936-was-an-english-short-story-writer-poet-and-novelist-he-wrote-tales-and-poems-of-british-soldiers-in-india-and-stories-for-children-he-was-born-in-bombay-in-the-bombay-presidency-of-british-india-and-was-taken-by-his-family-to-england-when-he-was-five-years-old-kiplings-works-of-fiction-include-the-jungle-book-1894-kim-1901-and-many-short-stories-including-the-man-who-would-be-king-1888-his-poems-include-mandalay-1890-gunga-din-1890-the-white-mans-burden-1899-and-if-1910-he-is-regarded-as-2B02P26.jpg)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.
![Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B02P28/joseph-rudyard-kipling-30-december-1865-18-january-1936-was-an-english-short-story-writer-poet-and-novelist-he-wrote-tales-and-poems-of-british-soldiers-in-india-and-stories-for-children-he-was-born-in-bombay-in-the-bombay-presidency-of-british-india-and-was-taken-by-his-family-to-england-when-he-was-five-years-old-kiplings-works-of-fiction-include-the-jungle-book-1894-kim-1901-and-many-short-stories-including-the-man-who-would-be-king-1888-his-poems-include-mandalay-1890-gunga-din-1890-the-white-mans-burden-1899-and-if-1910-he-is-regarded-as-2B02P28.jpg)