Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

Whitman on writing

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

“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 →

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

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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Song of the Open Road

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

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 →

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Autumn Rivulets

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Brian D. Butler
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Happy Birthday Walt

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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We Sing The Body Electric

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

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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Save Walt Whitman’s House

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

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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Through me forbidden voices

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, illustrator Rockwell Kent  

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of seeking or finding

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

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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Falter not O book, fulfil your destiny

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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