Song of Myself was included in Walt Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass. Whitman paid for the publication of the first edition himself. Walt Whitman wrote one of his most famous poems, Song of ...

The myth of the good gray poet gets set afire in “Song of Myself.” John O’Keefe’s howling tribute to Walt Whitman celebrates America’s first great poet in all his blazing glory. Heaving with the ...

Walt Whitman’s iconic 1855 poem “Song of Myself” has stood the test of time and is now regarded as one of the most acclaimed and influential poems written by an American. New Jersey illustrator Allen ...

Editor's note: Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day (#PoemInYourPocket), a day to celebrate poets and poetry. We encourage you to celebrate National Poetry Month by clipping out or printing out this poem ...

The posthumous publication of "Song of Myself," a previously unpublished novel by the late gay activist and Walt Whitman scholar, Arnie Kantrowitz has been released. Song Of Myself is a gay man's ...

Filmmaker Jennifer Crandall (left) sits with Billy Wayne Corkerin and his wife Lucy Corkerin on the porch of their home in Fayette, Ala. The couple read verse 43 of the Walt Whitman poem "Song of ...

Walt Whitman, wrote the poet Ezra Pound, "is America." If you go Reading of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" When: 6 p.m. Tuesday Where: Robert Burns statue, Washington Park, Albany (near Hudson Avenue ...

The bearded vagabond’s classic poem gets hand-lettered and illustrated in Whitman Illuminated. Perhaps the most gorgeous homage of late is Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself, published by Tin House ...

Eat lean meat. Bathe regularly. Wear comfortable shoes. Those are three pieces of self-help advice from an unlikely source — 19th-century poet and essayist Walt Whitman. They come from a series of ...

Walt Whitman wrote one of his most famous poems, Song of Myself, in 1855, but according to former United States poet laureate Robert Hass, it wasn't until much later that the poem acquired the name by ...