Whitman Poems - Poems about Whitman

as Walt 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

On Blennerhassett Island with Walt Whitman

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

CLERHEW whitman

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

THANKS WHITMAN

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

You Know Your Addicted To Poetry If

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

Emagi Whitman America

Walt Whitman 'I HEAR AMERICA SINGING'
                                                 

Emagi Whitman Leaves

WALT WHITMAN  ' Leaves of Grass'


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In Simple Lines Poetry Comes

*** 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

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

On the Salutations of Ginsberg To Pessoa and Pessoa's Alvaro To Whitman

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

After Reading Whitman, Gathering Airs and Tasting the Garnishes

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

Walt and Emily's Virtual Sky

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

Remembering Whitman

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

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
  

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