But even without its mention in the film, Walt Whitman's poem deserves a spot on the list of the most famous poems ever ...

In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just ... recording some of the most tumultuous decades of American history.

I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings when a newspaper notice of the earliest edition of Leaves of Grass reached me, in Paris, in the autumn of 1855. It was the most exhilarating piece ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried ... occasionally read the poems aloud. In April 1865 Whitman was in Brooklyn ...

Critic David Reynolds has said: “Lincoln, as Whitman ... poet himself; for this reason, it is easy to see why critics evinced from an early date an interest in considering the relationship between the ...

She came back to writing poetry and fiction last year, after an almost 20 year creative silence. Most of her publications to date are poetry. "Walt Whitman Celebrates Himself," included in her select ...