Carl Sandburg’s outward stoicism masks a deep grief as he memorializes those killed in battle in “Grass.”
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Tag Archives: Walt Whitman
Memorial Day: I Am the Grass, I Cover All
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Whitman, Melville & Abolitionism
Walt Whitman and Herman Melville’s revolutionary visions of egalitarian societies shaped how Abolitionists thought about America’s potential.
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Mourning the Death of “Captain” Lincoln
“Oh Captain! My Captain,” mourning the death of Lincoln 150 years ago today, was Whitman’s most popular poem.
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Advent and Horror at the Void
Donald Hall’s “Advent” captures the darkness of the season, linking death with birth.
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Rich Reflects on Yom Kippur & Conflict
Adrienne Rich’s meditates on the meaning of Yom Kippur in light of America’s divisions and her own longing for solitude.
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Robin Williams Made Poetry Cool
Robin Williams gave us one of cinema’s greatest depictions of a literature teacher.
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