Whitman isn’t in
He will not be in
This year or the next
He’s gone out
Far out where the two
Americas meet like kissing whales
~~~~~
Reading classical works aloud in Sarasota, and talking about them.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Two Links for Whitman
A Politically Incorrect Ode to Whitman
Whitman isn’t in
He will not be in
This year or the next
He’s gone out
Far out where the two
Americas meet like kissing whales
One’s-Self I Sing As I Ponder’d in Silence In Cabin’d Ships at Sea To Foreign Lands To a Historian For Him I Sing When I read the Book Beginning my Studies To Thee, Old Cause!
More....
And even more.... - including the Preface to Leaves of Grass - one snip:
The greatest poet hardly knows pettiness or triviality. If he breathes into anything that was before thought small it dilates with the grandeur and life of the universe. He is a seer … he is individual … he is complete in himself … the others are as good as he, only he sees it and they do not. He is not one of the chorus … he does not stop for any regulation … he is the president of regulation.
(Unfortunately, the Bartleby site is marred by the infernal presence of an audio ad for Wal-Mart gift cards)
Whitman isn’t in
He will not be in
This year or the next
He’s gone out
Far out where the two
Americas meet like kissing whales
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