Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) is an early American poet who lived during the Civil War. His idealistic and romantic poems pay homage to the United States and democracy. His most famous work, "Leaves of Grass", is a collection of poems he self-published in 18
Home to an excellent Whitman biography, the meat of this Poets.
"The Classroom Electric is a constellation of web sites on Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and nineteenth-century American culture.
From the companion website to the PBS televison special "I Hear America Singing," host Thomas Hampson describes Whitman's relationship to American music.
The Walt Whitman Archive is my pick of the day because of the breadth of its resources.
Often a recited poem will affect us differently than one that we read.
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