Walt Whitman

“The Modern Man I sing” is a post-modern duet — Walt Whitman knew how Virgil and Homer began their opuses. A “modern man” might not. The first line of Homer’s Iliad might be translated as: “Sing of the wrath of Achilles, O heavenly goddess…” In Homer’s era, poetry was spiritual. Reciting poetry properly called for seeking divine aid. Virgil’s Aeneid…

“You’d be lost without your computers,” were the words that came from my 80-year-old father’s mouth yesterday as I told him I was trying to write more. In a world governed by technology that demands to be advanced, there’s no way to avoid computers and other gadgets. …

Class Medium Page: https://medium.com/linguistic-architecture My Research: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/10/the-psychology-of-the-to-do-list-why-your-brain-loves-ordered-tasks https://hbr.org/2022/01/why-we-continue-to-rely-on-and-love-to-do-lists#:~:text=With%20the%20mountain%20of%20tasks,that%20makes%20us%20feel%20good. Poems Reviewed: Are We There Yet? by Heidi Roemer Sick by Shel Silverstein

“Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you…” — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass A few months ago I picked Whitman off the shelf, opened to a page at random, and read the first line I saw. It was the one above. Was I hoping for…

On Walt Whitman’s American Epic Poem “Song of Myself” — Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” is a poem at once diffuse and singular in scope. On the one hand, Whitman seeks to enumerate the innumerable wonders of civilization; the subtle delights of rural existence with its ties to land and animals; the glory of human relations; the harmony of body…

Artists create self-portraits to reveal that, “how I see myself is a reflection of how I see.” David Hockney’s youthful self rendering indeed seems to say, “I wish to see with perspective I do not yet possess.” The above etching–entitled “Myself and My Heroes”–depicts three figures in three sections: Walt…