Walt Whitman

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid read more

Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others ... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest read more

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.