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
I am too not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
Where the earth is, we are.
I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?
When I give, I give myself.
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
This is what you should do; love the Earth and sun and the animals...
I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing.
All truths wait in all things.
I sing the body electric.
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
Peace is always beautiful.
I refuse putting from me the best that I am.