walt whitman
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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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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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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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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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