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Walt Whitman

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American poet invoked as an exemplar of American cultural achievement in a patriotic defense of the United States

Mentions (4)
"I confess that I like Walt Whitman and Paul Simon and Noam Chomsky and Miller"
Incredible post from the President of Columbia · u/Voltairinede · ↑334 · 2025-01-27
"No matter who's running for President. China and Russia and North Korea suck and we're better than them. I do not want to live in a world where they have more power than us. This is the land of Walt Whitman and jazz and the Civil War for Christ's sake."
US patriotism is a lot easier for me to relate to in this present moment · u/real-marvinpontiac · ↑29 · 2024-07-07
"Walt Whitman is unarguably the most influential poet of the past century and a half. Along with his contemporary Emily Dickinson, he essentially invented American poetry."
"This is the land of Walt Whitman and jazz and the Civil War for Christ's sake."
US patriotism is a lot easier for me to relate to in this present moment · u/real-marvinpontiac · ↑29 · 2024-07-07
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