Day: May 18, 2019

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Walt Whitman was an American poet. He incorporated both transcendentalism and realism views in his works, often considered controversial , like the poetry collection Leaves of Grass. His best known poem O Captain! My Captain! was written on the death of Abraham Lincoln.   He is often called the father of free verse.

Allen Ginsberg – Ci alziamo sui raggi del sole e cadiamo nella notte / We Rise On Sun Beams And Fall In The Night

William Johnson, New York skyline at night, 1943 Dawn’s orb orange-raw shining over Palisadesbare crowded branches bush up from marshes –New Jersey with my father riding automobilehighway to Newark Airport -Empire State’sspire, horned buildingtops, Manhattanrising as in W.C. Williams’ eyes between wire trestles –trucks sixwheeled steady rolling overpassbeside New York – I am heretiny under …

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