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The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems | Walt Whitman
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In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipation and what it meant to be an American. From the joyful 'Song of Myself' and 'I Sing the Body Electric' to the elegiac 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd', Whitman's art fuses oratory, journalism and song in a vivid celebration of humanity.
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Bibliobear
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“I believe in the flesh and the appetites,
Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a
miracle.
Divine am I inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch'd
from,
The scent of these arm-pits aroma finer than prayer,
This head more than churches, bibles, and all the creeds.“

Remembering Walt Whitman on his birthday.

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IuliaC
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"Sounds of the Winter

Sounds of the winter too,
Sunshine upon the mountains - many a distant strain
From cheery railroad train - from nearer field, barn, house,
The whispering air - even the mute crops, garner'd apples, corn,
Children's and women's tones - rhythm of many a farmer and of flail,
An old man's garrulous lips among the rest, Think not we give out yet,
Forth from these snowy hairs we keep up yet the lilt."

IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
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TheSpineView Not a spider fan but still a great poem. 😊 2y
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🤍

GingerAntics 💙 3y
TheBookHippie @GingerAntics trying to talk Mr BookHippie into this hat now 🤣😅🤷🏽‍♀️ 3y
GingerAntics And he‘s against the hat? 3y
TheBookHippie @GingerAntics He amuses me on a daily basis, this hat however is definitely not him, BAHAHAHAHA. 3y
GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 poor Mr. BookHippie. Maybe a hat that fits him from this period that‘s not that specific one could be a compromise? 3y
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tpixie Lovely (I sure wish we could pinch and enlarge large these photos. That‘s my biggest wish for improvement on Litsy) 3y
lil1inblue I just adore Walt Whitman. 3y
TheSpineView @tpixie That would be nice. 3y
TheSpineView @lil1inblue Me too!😍 3y
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“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough” Walt Whitman . I had an amazing time over NYE with my fiancé‘s family at our little #party #auldlangreads

OriginalCyn620 Great pic! 🎉🎉🎉 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎈🎊🎉🙌🏻❤️ 4y
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#poetrymatters #Vigil

You can read the whole poem at poetryfoundation.org.

Severnmeadows This is so powerful! 5y
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When I was a teenager, this movie definitely fueled my already growing love of poetry, and introduced me to the phrase Carpe Diem. ❤️📚 #CarpeDiem #FallintoBooks @RealLifeReading

JoeStalksBeck ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Bluebird Love this movie, especially this scene! 7y
JessClark78 Me too! This was one of my favorite movies when I was a teenager. ❤️ 7y
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MidnightBookGirl Ha! I just posted the copy of the book from that movie! 7y
readinginthedark ❤️❤️❤️😭👏🏻 7y
Cathythoughts How young Robin Williams is there. What a great movie 💫 7y
Lwiesman Wonderful movie! 7y
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