1819–189219th century

Walt Whitman

Walter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.

Poems

69 poems

A Boston Ballad, 1854.49 lines
A Woman Waits for Me.48 lines
Adieu to a Soldier.17 lines
America6 lines
An Old Man’s Thought of School.20 lines
As I Sat Alone by Blue Ontario’s Shores.456 lines
As the Time Draws Nigh.10 lines
Ashes of Soldiers.43 lines
Beautiful Women.2 lines
Brother of All, with Generous Hand.84 lines
Come up from the Fields, Father.45 lines
France, the 18th year of These States.43 lines
From Paumanok Starting.12 lines
Full of Life, Now.8 lines
Gods.32 lines
I Dream’d in a Dream.7 lines
I Sing the Body Electric.217 lines
In Former Songs.13 lines
Indications, The.154 lines
Italian Music in Dakota.17 lines
Locations and Times.4 lines
Longings for Home.50 lines
Look Down, Fair Moon.4 lines
Manhattan Streets I Saunter’d, Pondering.103 lines
Miracles.37 lines
Mother and Babe.2 lines
Native Moments.14 lines
O Me! O Life!12 lines
O Star of France.43 lines
O Sun of Real Peace.15 lines
On Journeys Through The States.16 lines
On the Beach at Night, Alone.17 lines
Or from that Sea of Time.20 lines
Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd.16 lines
Passage to India.281 lines
Pensive on Her Dead Gazing, I Heard the Mother of All.21 lines
Poem of Joys.251 lines
Poem of Remembrance for a Girl or a Boy.33 lines
Prayer of Columbus.69 lines
Primeval my Love for the Woman I Love.6 lines
Proud Music of The Storm.190 lines
Salut au Monde.367 lines
Says.46 lines
Ship Starting, The.6 lines
Sleepers, The.298 lines
Song for All Seas, All Ships.27 lines
Song of the Broad-Axe.346 lines
Song of the Exposition.298 lines
Song of the Open Road.313 lines
Song of the Redwood-Tree.126 lines
Song of the Universal.71 lines
Spain 1873–’74.15 lines
Spontaneous Me.61 lines
Starting from Paumanok.366 lines
That Music Always Round Me.13 lines
There was a Child went Forth.73 lines
These, I, Singing in Spring.40 lines
This Is What You Shall Do21 lines
This Moment, Yearning and Thoughtful.12 lines
To a Locomotive in Winter.26 lines
To Think of Time.189 lines
Unfolded Out of the Folds.20 lines
Unnamed Lands.44 lines
Walt Whitman.1209 lines
Warble for Lilac-Time.38 lines
Weave in, Weave in, My Hardy Life.11 lines
What General has a Good Army.5 lines
When I heard at the Close of the Day.27 lines
Whispers of Heavenly Death.12 lines