With these relatively short poems ... But even without its mention in the film, Walt Whitman's poem deserves a spot on the ...

A CT history professor revisits the memorable election of 1884, 'one of the dirtiest in U.S. history,' which inspired a poem ...

In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just ... maturity and decline; in short, the chronology of a life. Still widely read today, it serves as an ...

I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings ... I bring to you no proud poem,' " I replied. O'Connor cried out, in his vehement way, "That's so, Walt, -- that's so!" "I think you are right ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

If I could pass on one thing, it would simply be to find a partner who she can imagine quoting these few short lines to ... When I read Walt Whitman’s poetry as a teenager, I did not know ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies ... a reading of one of his or her best-known poems. Groups should also copy the poem onto poster-sized paper and post it on the wall.

In the second episode of The Long and Short, Mark and Seamus turn to Walt Whitman's ‘Song of Myself’, from Leaves ... physicality and exuberance of this seminal American poem, its relationship with ...

On Saturday, October 26, from 4-7pm, Compagnia de'Colombari’s Whitman on Walls! (WoW!) will come to Queens in collaboration ...

If you’re like most people these days, if asked what the best poetry books are ... So, if you want to appreciate poetry, you have to respect the roots. Buy at Amazon Modern American poetry arguably ...

At 21, Walt Whitman taught kids in Southold, but it’s said he was charged with sodomy, tarred and feathered and driven out of ...

Reputations are made and rewards distributed within the poetry subculture. To adapt Russell Jacoby's definition of contemporary academic renown from The Last Intellectuals, a "famous" poet now ...