Friday, March 26, 2021: Homage to Walt Whitman (Part One)
by ag
Walt Whitman died 129 years ago today. My parents had a beautiful edition of Leaves of Grass that was published in 1940, but I never looked at it until last year. And then I was totally blown away by the poet’s profound embrace of all creation. I think I know why the book isn’t found in every house of worship but that’s where it really belongs.
In the images below, I’ve paired some of Lewis C. Daniel’s beautiful illustrations with images that I’ve posted on Pixetera over the years. It’s my small way of paying homage to St. Walt.
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Pixetera 
My parents had the same book, now in my possession. Good pairings.
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Great work, Alan, and thank you for bringing this to my attention…one of these days I need to just sit down and read the whole book – which certainly wasn’t in our house! ;-) The first and last two photos of yours struck me as being particularly nice for the homage.
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I don’t know about you Lynn but I can only read a few pages of Leaves of Grass at a time. The poetry is so rich, I can barely absorb all that goes on in a single verse. Maybe if I were younger . . . :)
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