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
Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
We were together. I forget the rest.
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover? Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction? Do you think I am trusty and faithful? Do you see no further than this façade—this smooth and tolerant manner of me? Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground toward a real heroic man? Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?
Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
Be curious, not judgmental.
I hate commas in the wrong places.
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the woods and grass by the roadside is the flawless triumph of art.
But where is what I started for so long ago? And why is it yet unfound?
Be not dishearten'd -- Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love each other shall become invincible.