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Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, an humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.

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  • Fired from a job for laziness, he wrote, "I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass"
  • The Library of Congress' 2005 exhibit on him had a section titled "Wound Dresser in the Civil War"
  • "Bearing the bandages, water & sponge, straight & swift to my wounded I go", he wrote in "The Wound-Dresser"
  • He wrote, "The mason singing... the boatman... the hatter... singing what belongs to him or her and to none else"
  • The poet who penned the line, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars"
  • Taking its title from "Song of Myself", the book "Containing Mutitudes" traces his influence on recent poetry
  • "Passing stranger! You do not know how longingly I look upon you" begins one of the poems in his "Leaves of Grass"
  • His book of poems called "Drum-Taps" was inspired by the suffering he saw during the Civil War
  • He wrote, "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear"
  • Britannica suggests that the out-of-wedlock children fathered by this "Good Gray Poet" were imaginary
  • 2005 marks 150 years since this poet first mowed his "Leaves of Grass"
  • He wrote "Beat, Beat Drums" & "I Hear America Singing"
  • His "Song of Myself" says "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world"
  • A poem by this American begins, "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd"
  • "Leaves of Grass " creator
  • William O'Connor's pamphlet in defense of this poet was titled "The Good Gray Poet", hence his nickname
  • He drew on his wartime nursing experience for the poem "The Wound-Dresser"
  • A New Hampshire camp is named for this man in tribute to his poem "I Hear America Singing"
  • He wrote "Song of The Broad-Axe" as well as the much more famous "Song Of Myself"
  • This poet moved to Camden in 1873 to be near his mother & brother George
  • This "Good Gray" poet was criticized in the 19th century for his controversial subject matter
  • "A child said 'What is the grass?'fetching it to me with full hands"
  • Gray-haired & gray-bearded, he was the USA's "good gray poet"
  • First edition May 31, 1819, waxes poetic, is under leaves & grass March 26, 1892
  • He wrote "Song of the Broad-Axe" & "Song of Myself"
  • Pure poet,liked Lincoln,suffered stroke,lovely "leaves"
  • This poet led a Bohemian life in the 1850s, but spent much of the Civil War caring for wounded soldiers
  • Sing the song of this poet, one of the Roughs, seen here
  • This poet wrote, "I celebrate myself and sing myself"; he was a one-man party
  • "Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt", he wrote in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
  • The leaves of grass at this poet's grave surround a tomb of his own design in Harleigh Cemetery
  • E.M. Forster got the title "A Passage to India" from one of his poems
  • "I hear American singing, the varied carols I hear"
  • This poet wrote to Emerson of his intent to confront people with "an American rude tongue"
  • He believed "a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars"
  • His "Song Of Myself" ended on March 26, 1892
  • Emory Holloway's sampler of this poet's life won for 1927
  • 19th century New Yorker who wrote, "I am the poet of the body and I am the poet of the soul"

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