walt whitmanWalt Whitman fell in love with the written word at an early age. He worked as a printer, then a teacher, and then a journalist before turning to the poetry for which he is so well remembered. Whitman famously revised his collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, repeatedly throughout his life.
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"O Captain! My Captain!" "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" "I Hear America Singing" "The Learn'd Astronomer" |