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Quote Challenge - Always Face Toward the Sunshine

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222624) • United States 30 May 19

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you." Walt Whitman Keep a positive outlook; and all that bad stuff will always be behind you. From a meme on Facebook.

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Poetry Review – Walt Whitman – The Sleepers - Five

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 May 16

Whitman envisages George Washington tearfully apologizing personally to each of the men he lost at the 1776 Battle Of Brooklyn Bridge, the biggest battle of the American Revolution Wars and the biggest victory for the British. It...

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george washington

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Poetry Review – Walt Whitman – The Sleepers Verse 4

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Nov 15

1855 In verse three Whitman described a dream-lie vision of a single beautiful man drowning. Verse four extends on that to show his vision of a terrible wartime shipwreck. The vessel is witnessed by the narrator who stands on a...

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civil war

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Poetry Review – Walt Whitman – The Sleepers Verse 3

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Nov 15

1856 Whitman continues his astral voyage and comes to observe a strong virile, beautiful naked athletic man swimming in a vast raging ocean. At first, it seems graceful, and Whitman admires the beauty (he was gay), but gradually,...

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swimming

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the great innovators and pioneers in American poetry-----Walt Whitman

May2008 @May2008 (179) • China 20 Mar 08

Walt Whitman's poems have been translated into almost every major language in the world. These poems provide inspiration to people and Whitman is universally recognized as one of the world's greatest poets. Today I read "Song of...

song of myself

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poetry of the notebook

prettykitty09 @prettykitty09 (22) • United States 11 Mar 08

What is the name of the Walt Whitman poem that Noah is reading to his father when Aly comes up on the bike, right before she gives them the painting and they have breakfast?

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the notebook

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filtered photo, what do you think?

uiwwitch @uiwwitch (892) • United States 11 Apr 07

Me again...I just love sharing my photos and getting helpful comments from my fellow enthusiasts. Here's a photo of Walt Whitman's Leaves of grass with a single rose. I added a cement filter to make it more interesting.

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