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Tag Archives: Walt Whitman
Whitman on writing
“The secret of it all, is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment…to put things down without deliberation…without worrying about their style…without waiting for a fit time or place. I always worked that way. I … Continue reading
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. Walt Whitman Happy Birthday Walt “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is a poem about a man taking the Brooklyn ferry home from Manhattan at the end of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York City, Poetry, Walt Whitman
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Song of the Open Road
Feeling wistful and nostalgic these days for the open road. What better poet to capture the way of the road than Walt Whitman. Song of the Open Road, 4 The earth expanding right hand and left hand, The picture alive, … Continue reading
We Sing The Body Electric
Today is Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday . This offers an important opportunity to reassess his tremendous contributions to American life and literature at a time when our country is so polarized. The University of Pennsylvania Libraries and the Pew Center … Continue reading
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Tagged Camden, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Walt Whitman
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Save Walt Whitman’s House
Walt Whitman, America’s most beloved poet, lived at 99 Ryerson Street in Brooklyn, New York when his world famous book Leaves of Grass was first published in 1855. Although the poet lived in more than 30 buildings in New York City … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Leaves of Grass, Poetry, Walt Whitman
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Through me forbidden voices
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, illustrator Rockwell Kent
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Tagged Leaves of Grass, Poetry, Rockwell Kent, Walt Whitman
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of seeking or finding
Talking about Walt Whitman this week with my friend L. sent we searching for a remembered short poem about the great man by another favorite writer Langston Hughes.
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Tagged Langston Hughes, Poetry, Thomas Eakins, Walt Whitman
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Falter not O book, fulfil your destiny
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Tagged Heritage Press, Leaves of Grass, Rockwell Kent, Walt Whitman
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