Sunday, May 31, 2009

Thanks, Walt Whitman (b. May 31, 1819)


For freeing poetry from Vatican caves of orthodox canon,
Singing American verses to still-youthful ears,
Teaching two centuries of poets, still.


3 comments:

  1. PaulJune 1, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    Yes indeed. Thankyou, Walt Whitman, most notorious of self-publishers and singer of freedom songs.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousJune 2, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    Ditto

    ReplyDelete
  3. MaxineJune 2, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    Ditto

    ReplyDelete