Tag Archives: Leaves of Grass

Why Poets Love Walt Whitman

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

(In their introduction to an anthology of 100 poems, Visiting Walt: Poems Inspired by the Life & Work of Walt Whitman, the editors, Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro, explain his enduring appeal. Here’s an excerpt.) 1865. Leaves of Grass. Has … Continue reading →

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Walt Whitman, an American, One of the Roughs, a Kosmos

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

(In 2003 The Country and Abroad published this appreciation. Though we no have Laura Bush to kick around, we will always have Whitman.) I teach straying from me, yet who can stray from me? I follow you whoever you are … Continue reading →

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