Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitmanwas an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth31 May 1819
CountryUnited States of America
Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair.
Produce great men, the rest follows.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the triumphant result of faith in human kind, than a well-contested American national election.
My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.
If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.
Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.
Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems
Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy, of greater marvels yet to be.