Nights of 1990 -Richard McCann

Nights of 1990 “The sweatings and the fevers stop, the throat that was unsound is sound, the lungs of the consumptive are resumed…” -Walt Whitman, “The Sleepers” 1. What I could not accept was how much space his body was taking with it: for instance, the space where I was standing, the dazed ...

A poem, because.

...was watching TV I heard the poem being recited for the Levi's commercial, so it got me thinking. I really liked Whitman's poetry and thought I'd share, for those who care, the actual poem. Pioneers! O Pioneers! by Walt Whitman 1 COME, my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready; Have you your pistols? have you ...

All Good Naysayers, Speak Up Or Forever Hold Your Peace.

... and find transportation to the Dicken's Faire for steampunk day. It will not be easy. In the meantime, I've used Walt Whitman poetry to distract me from working... I know this is a Levi's Jeans commercial, but I really love the voice actor reading the Whitman poem and the images going with it. I saw Pirate Radio by myself this evening, it was ...

i just wrote a research paper on walt whitman, specifically "There Was A Child Went Forth" from Leaves of Grass. basically, the poem says that everything you experience, every part .... last week in another class, we watched the movie Slam! there's a lot of slam poetry in it. imagine that. anyway, here's something from one of the poems that really struck me...

On Edgar Allen Poe

..., too; such a touching tribute from Whitman to Poe: There occurr’d about that ..., however, in conversation after the ceremonies, Whitman said: For a long while, and until.... I wanted, and still want for poetry, the clear sun shining, and fresh air ... fortunes, and his poems themselves all lurid dreams. — Edmund Wilson quoting Walt Whitman on the dedication of a new monument to Poe, in The Shock...

Fic: Crush (Kirk/Bones)

...just a little bit longer. Author’s Note: Title stolen from Richard Siken’s beautiful book of poetry, Crush . Many other lines stolen and manipulated from: Abigail Washburn, Walt Whitman, Twister, Richard Siken, The Academy Is..., Imogen Heap, Lady Gaga. A lovely thanks to my beta, luvscharlie . Any left over mistakes...

Fic: Crush (Kirk/Bones)

...just a little bit longer. Author’s Note: Title stolen from Richard Siken’s beautiful book of poetry, Crush . Many other lines stolen and manipulated from: Abigail Washburn, Walt Whitman, Twister, Richard Siken, The Academy Is..., Imogen Heap, Lady Gaga. A lovely thanks to my beta, luvscharlie . Any left over mistakes...

Fic: Crush (Kirk/Bones, NC-17)

...just a little bit longer. Author’s Note: Title stolen from Richard Siken’s beautiful book of poetry, Crush . Many other lines stolen and manipulated from: Abigail Washburn, Walt Whitman, Twister, Richard Siken, The Academy Is..., Imogen Heap, Lady Gaga. A lovely thanks to my beta, luvscharlie . Any left over mistakes...

Chapter Nine!

...not love that movie? It has Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, and the most important star : Walt Whitman. And it is just so MOVING and beautiful and inspirational. Nerotic : And depressing. AuntAgonistic23 : What .... We all take turns doing it. I like to read stories and poetry on mine. Come and watch, you will be the guest of honor. ...

I have a line-by-line analysis of "Leave of Grass" that is very interesting and gay.

We're talking about Walt Whitman tomorrow in class and I'm really excited, but I think I'll probably come off like a jerk just because I've read a lot of his poetry and know a bit about him.