Short Whitman Poems

Short Whitman Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Whitman by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Whitman by length and keyword.


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CLERHEW whitman

Walt Whitman junior,so sensual
with poems&essays so influential
Transcendental writer&realist
with verse libre did insist
Categories: whitman, people,
Form: Clerihew


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Clerihew Whitman

Walt Whitman raised by Quakers in Brooklyn
with typographical poetics did begin
'Leaves of Grass&Song of Myself'
devoted to the US commonwealth
Categories: whitman, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew

Impromptu

who would have thought that

                                        poetry a contact sport

                                       Walt Whitman chagrined
Categories: whitman, muse,
Form: Haiku

Literary Topic

W-ord
A-bout
L-iterary
T-opic

W-ith
H-eart
I-s
T-ruly
M-agnificent
A-nd
N-oble

Topic: Birthday of Poet Walt Whitman (May 31) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories: whitman, birthday, poets,
Form: Acrostic
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Fp Whitman 4

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM LEAVES OF GRASS
Part 4
your questioning
out of the glance
      of the eye
what I tell you
  .....is so
here and now
Categories: whitman, tribute,
Form: Verse


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Fp Whitman B

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM INSCRIPTIONS

Part B

in silence
a biography
begins
at intervals
resumes
a journey
in 
season
with so much
to say
Categories: whitman, words,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman D

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM INSCRIPTIONS

Part D
a retrospective
          of me
whatever
      qualities 
they may be
pensive
silent
or profound
Categories: whitman, words,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman 5

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM LEAVES OF GRASS
Part 5
for ever and ever
offspring
         great&small
past&present
somewhere
    waiting for
         you
Categories: whitman, tribute,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman 3

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM LEAVES OF GRASS

Part 3
in the beams
    of the moon
the wonder is always
all
shall delight us even
   as I stand
mind not me
Categories: whitman, tribute,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman C

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM INSCRIPTIONS

Part C

as I look
       back
I hear
    and see
and thrill
at my page
with
pride and love
with faith
and identity
Categories: whitman, words,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman E

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM INSCRIPTIONS

Part E

on my way
      I pause
through these poems
read 
the hints
and wait..
      and wait..
...now haste 
   on with me
Categories: whitman, words,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman A

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM INSCRIPTIONS

Part A

oneself
a name
a separate
     being
what destiny
awaits
in this puzzle
of life
what bygones
around
the idea
of me
Categories: whitman, words,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman 2

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM LEAVES OF GRASS
Part 2
come..depart
scattering
      freely
        forever
a song of 
           self
tell everybody
of passionate
   ....love
Categories: whitman, tribute,
Form: Verse
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Fp Whitman 1

A TRIBUTE FOUND POEM IN 5 PARTS
INSPIRED BY PHRASES FROM LEAVES OF GRASS

Part 1

original energy
filter it from
        your self
for what is 
        ahead
witness&wait
for it cannot be
shaken
      away
Categories: whitman, tribute,
Form: Verse

Non-Comment Comment

it surprises me 
that you don't 
get more 
comments
what's 
with it 
here

getting feelings 
there's a great 
race on
amount 
beats 
quality
surely

Whitman 
would be 
the bottom 
of the list
he didn't
do haikus
Categories: whitman, muse,
Form: I do not know?

Welcomed Home

Sarah Adams 14 August 1848

Conrad Aiken 17 August 1973

Kinsley Amis 22 October 1995

Allen Gingsberg 5 April 1997

Pablo Nerudo 23 September 1973

Walt Whitman 26 March 1892

I hope it is not too soon that i too

Am welcomed home
Categories: whitman, death, faith, august,
Form: Free verse
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Make It Glitter Make It Pop

An inkwell cupcake if you please.
Frost it with adverbs.
Sprinkle it with adjectives.
Don’t be stingy.
You can add more.
Make it glitter.
Make it pop!
Startle yourself.
Bake it whatever degree
Coleridge, Whitman, Thoreau and Poe would have used.
Categories: whitman, literature, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, word play,
Form: Free verse

Walt Whitman

He celebrated America and himself
Keeping his face always towards sunshine
Seeing, hearing, feeling
All people, all races, all religions
Living a life,when every moment
Of light and dark was miracle
Singing about himself, singing about America
Which was the greatest poem for him
Categories: whitman, tribute,
Form: Narrative
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Voices

and I know
or
I guess
it maybe
that
I am
  to be
    pleased
with thee:
my love
  it shall
  be you
out of all
   the earth:
come..
but not here
      not there
but
for ever
&
through
all of time..
be
   mine

A phrasis inspired by Whitman phrases the Song of Myself
Categories: whitman, longing, love,
Form: Verse
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The Chosen

The Chosen Miracle Man Thoughts 12-25-2021 Year 2021, and Christmas Day, my awaking thoughts are frozen. Not on gifts or Santa’s sleigh, my musings rest on the chosen. Happy Birthday Jesus! “The gift is to the giver, it comes back most to him.” Walt Whitman
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whitman, christmas, happy birthday, jesus,
Form: Lyric

A Poem For Walt Whitman

Heroic spirit,
      fervent soul,
      wild river conscious
      that fulilled the sea of liquid ideas...
      You were further than a hero,
      you were a poet, you were a man
      bigger than the mountain
      higher than the space..
      you are
      Walt Whitman poetry.. !
Categories: whitman, allegory, allusion, art, metaphor, thanks, tribute,
Form: Light Verse

Returning Home

After dispossession, 
collecting the dolls-
dusting them off.

Who was watching 
you, dousing yourself
to give a political statement ?

Cutting the leaves 
of grass, I open 
the book of Walt Whitman.

This was a targeted
killing. I will not join 
the funeral procession.

A mistaken lull.
One day I will-
shoot endlessly.


Satish Verma
Categories: whitman, art,
Form: ABC
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Emagi Whitman America

Walt Whitman 'I HEAR AMERICA SINGING'
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                    $
             $
Categories: whitman, america, poems, song,
Form: Shape

Mine Own Write Right

.

                     Please
            this poet doth press
                 ‘pon the you

              compare me  not 
                       with
                    Catullus
                   Tennyson
                   Whitman
                        or 
                     Frost 

        Mine write is mine right

                Like it or not
Categories: whitman, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
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Walt Whitman

You were considered prolific with poetic verse. The subjects you covered were quite diverse. Who else would write about prostitutes and nudity? With your quill pen over the years, you kept yourself busy. A favorite son you became in Camden, New Jersey. If I continued to write the way you did, what would happen to me? Perhaps in the future, they will name a bridge after me!
Categories: whitman, poets, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
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