And here what I now draw from the water, wading in the pond-side,(O here I last saw him that tenderly loves me, and returns again never to separate from me,And this, O this shall henceforth be the token of comrades,
Whitman & Wandering Wombs (Feb 18th Work)
While penis envy and hysteria of the walking womb are laughable Freudian claims now, they were cutting edge during his time. Ironically, one of the more revolutionary aspects of his research was on just this; the idea of women’s sexuality.
Speaking to Whitman
Let’s keep adding to this list! Langston Hughes, “I, Too” Ezra Pound, Evil Godfather of Modernism, “A Pact” Allen Ginsberg, “A Supermarket in California” Sharon Olds, “Nurse Whitman” Sharon Olds. “The Language of the Brag” Larry Levis, “Whitman” (I do
Camerado, I give you my hand!
Both Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson believed in the written word not just as an articulation of one’s inner thoughts but, fundamentally, as a way to reach and even touch other people. They lived in an era that saw the