Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

Memorial Day Poem: “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night”

Death of a son and comrade
Posted on May 28, 2018 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Memorial Day has its roots in the American Civil War. Both the North and South wanted to set aside days to honor their dead. After World War I, the country set aside a day to honor all Americans killed in … Continue reading →

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“Whispers of Heavenly Death” by Walt Whitman

Exploring the unknowns after death through poetry
Posted on April 14, 2013 by Katie Ryan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

  Walt Whitman’s poetry has been immortalized by his beautiful, visceral tributes to nature that leave us rethinking our ideas of the world around us. Whitman begins triumphantly in “Whispers of Heavenly Death” as though he wants his readers to … Continue reading →

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“Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman sees the good fortune in dying
Posted on October 10, 2011 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

I fell in love with the poems of Walt Whitman in high school, and to this day I still have my worn-out copy of his poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, peppered with bookmarks of my favorite pieces. One of these … Continue reading →

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From “Song of Myself”

- by Walt Whitman
Posted on July 19, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yaws over the roofs of the world. The last … Continue reading →

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