Leaves of Grass
First Written 1892
Genre Poetry
Origin US
Publisher Norton
My Copy big ol paperback
First Read June 10, 2015

Leaves of Grass

Notes

Whitman always left me a little cold, but then I heard a long spoken recording of Song of Myself, and that was a revelation. This is stuff that needs to heard and said, poetry that only works if you (even imagining) deliver it through a body. Now I get it.

Noted on June 10, 2025

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