Everything is here, but it will take time for you to accept it. He dares everything, considers every note sprung in the morning light. Perhaps, after all, he was not our father. Melville had claimed that title but Whitman was our uncle, the one who dropped in on a Sunday morning. He showed us how to scrabble eggs, locate our planet, relish the stars, fall in love with everything that we might come upon.
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It is astonishing that a man could write such a long, wandering poem about himself. He does this successfully in long lines of free verse. He is an inspiration to modern poets.
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I read 'Song of Myself' again and again. Different and brilliant.
The first of America's modern poets. He broke free from the shackles of strict form in meter and rhyme to produce his own flowing free verse. There is something about the rhythm of his long poems that makes me want to keep reading.
All the long stanzas (cantos) of 'Song of Myself' are new, original and life-changing (for me) .
In 1973 living in Albuquerque, N M I would listen to the King Biscuit Flower Hour. A special came on which I thought was called the " Flute ladies song" . It was one hour. It started out she was a young Indian girl with a special ability.Any help is finding this poem would be greatly appreciated.
its the same thing over and over poem of my self 1 2 3 4 5 6 its annoying
O me! O Life! of the questions of these recurring. // Of the endless trains of faithless, of cities filled with the foolish //...// what good amid these. O me! O life! Answer: That you are here. And life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. If you haven't already. Go watch Dead Poet's Society. You won't regret it. Carpe Diem.
Yeah; WALT WHITMAN For me THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE of TRUE POETICAL INTELLECTUALISM. O' Yeah; LOVE HIM WORSHIP HIM I as my POETIC ICON Yeah; HE is GOD of my writing style
Clear, youth. why With Sun I am sad like that. Emotions are pleasing I have a red lips. She seems to be mean I will be a friend But the night comes soon. That person is ahead in time Writing this self poem in French, and then translating it into Japanese was rich.
My name is Walter my name Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico,87104