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

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 ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt ... Whitman was devastated. Just as the book was going to press, he inserted a short new ...

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 ...

In the second episode of The Long and Short, Mark and Seamus turn to Walt Whitman's ‘Song of Myself’, from Leaves of Grass (1855), for Mark ‘one of the most exciting things literature has to offer’.

Whitman wrote several poetic responses to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He came to detest his most famous, ‘O Captain! My Captain!’, and in ‘When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd’ Lincoln ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

246 Old Walt Whitman Road ... Interpretive Center Here visitors can delve deeply into Whitman’s life and poetry through a series of engaging exhibits that trace the poet’s development from ...

for a “Redeemer President,” Lincoln is the one figure in Whitman’s poetry that is permitted to cast a shadow over the poet himself; for this reason, it is easy to see why critics evinced from an early ...