Whitman Poems - Poems about Whitman

If you don’t take your time, If you never slow down the step by walking, You’ll never see the sun Lay his gold leaves on the tops of trees, You won’t pay attention to the fox Conversing with two horses in a field, If you never slow down, You’ll never know if a girl thinks of you, You will never feel the dew which...

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He sat on this patch of turf, and if not this exact place a piece of a place nearby. Naturally, I try to feel his companionship. Did he write a line of poetry on this small island or was he simply being Walt Whitman, honored guest, a person he hardly recognized from his youth. I feel his old bones not his youthful...

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Walt Whitman junior,so sensual with poems&essays so influential Transcendental writer&realist with verse libre did insist...

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I ran across a photo of our old dog Whitman with Thanksgiving just a day away… It was a photo of him healthy and happy…before his cancer took him away. I remember before we got him, thinking why spend all that money…all that time all that cleaning…all that doubt… I mean all that time caring, all that worrying…what’s that...

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1. You walk around all day trying to think of unusual words that rhyme and new things to say. 2. You spend too much time online or in bookstores looking for poetry and other books that make you feel or think that you, too might become a famous, published poet. 3. You believe and tell...

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Walt Whitman 'I HEAR AMERICA SINGING' ...

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WALT WHITMAN ' Leaves of Grass' ¥ ...

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*** In Simple Lines Poeetry Comes *** (“You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life…” Walt Whit an, “Leaves of Grass”) My lines — My life… Riding moments, Raising poetry Like Beauty feels Glorious As Mother Nature...

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Walt Whitman raised by Quakers in Brooklyn with typographical poetics did begin 'Leaves of Grass&Song of Myself' devoted to the US commonwealth...

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Every time I read Pessoa I think I'm better than he is Salutations to Fernando Pessoa-Alan Ginsberg Me, the monocled one, with my foppish belted waistcoat, I'm not unworthy of you, Walt, I'm not unworthy of you, my saluting you proves it . . . Salute to Walt Whitman- Fernando Pessoa Here from a place in...

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I am the wind the textured curl of clouds those specks of glitter silver and gold are my illustrative gleams the foiling wings that flutter and flap feathers ripe with color complementing all rosy hills a rolling kiss a splash of blush a dash of spicy dish the pepper and the salt of a morning's stirring serving see me in the meadows there where wildflowers overflowing bees and butterflies how...

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Written by Gail R DeBole on March 16, 2022 Updated on March 21, 2022 What would Walt Whitman do? Would he tweet poem after poem If today was part of his lifetime? Tweeting Leaves of Grass to the masses Or would his poems be lost to the world Amid the millions of poems posted? What would Emily Dickinson do? Perhaps, still a recluse, but...

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International Dog Day was yesterday and as I watched people celebrate with photos and good cheer…my mind wandered back to our dog, Whitman, who, unfortunately, is no longer here. Memories of Whitman in my mind…quickly magnified…as I remembered the life he lived…until the day he died. I looked through old photos that captured beautiful moments…wonderful days…and I...

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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 ...

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