A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘;Rocket's Red Glare’; with long, mostly upright, strap-like, keeled, glaucous, gray-green foliage and numerous scapes beginning in late spring and continuing for up to fourteen weeks. The new plant resists lodging and the habit is densely growing, winter-hardy, tolerant of heat, deer and rabbits. Numerous scapes of vivid red flower buds on tall scapes maturing to pale yellow flowers. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or as a long-lasting cut flower.