EXHIBIT A: PRETTY GIRL WITH GOOD TASTE IN POETRY
This is my daughter The Spare. She's more photogenic than me. We went into Camden today to a special reading at his tomb. And he was there. He gave us a few verses of his work. I think he would have said more, but it was a bitter cold day for the end of March. Death does not seem to have fazed him at all, which should be a solace to all of us.
EXHIBIT B: YOU THOUGHT I WAS NUTS, RIGHT?
Some people took videos of the event -- alas, I forgot my phone (I used Spare's to take this photo). Perhaps in a few days someone will upload a video so that you can all see the great, gray poet speaking to us.
In the meantime, here's a little bit:
Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give alms to everyone who asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others,
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
This week I will be teaching my students about Walt Whitman. They only know him as a bridge.
10 comments:
"Stand up for the stupid and crazy" - not if they are donald dump supporters or religious freaks!
it WAS cold today; spouse and I went grocery shopping and could not wait to get back home!
teach your students this poem.
PS - thank you for the sea glass; it arrived yesterday! :)
Walt really IS a bridge, just not the kind your students are thinking about.
'And your very flesh shall be a great poem.' Thanks, Walt. Excellent advice.
I'm not surprised that death hasn't fazed Walt. He saw it as a continuum as do I.
Love,
Janie
Isn't Walt Whitman long overdue for a major popular revival? Or did I miss it?
That must have been nice!!
That is quite a sarcophagus. Wonder what Walt would have thought of it?
the Ol'Buzzard
Hummmm, must investigate this guy! Thanks Teach! xoDebi
Ol Buzzard, Walt designed and paid for it himself. Toward the end he was not modest.
love ole walt.
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