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
Clear and sweet is my soul, clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.
I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion's sake.
I lean and loaf at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass.
The smallest sprout shows there is really no death. And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it.
I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware, I sit content, And if each and all be aware, I sit content.
I know I am deathless…We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.
O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won
I will write the evangel-poem of comrades and of love.
I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash'd babe, and am not contained between my hat and my boots,
Are you the new person drawn toward me?
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out.