Comments on: Walt Whitman&the World http://lena.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/30/walt-whitmanthe-world/ Exploring Whitman and myself Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: Elma Lena Porobic http://lena.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/30/walt-whitmanthe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:24:52 +0000 http://lena.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=90#comment-14 Yes, that is very true, everyone can find a piece of themselves in Whitman’s poetry, and there is a real beauty to it. Exploring oneself through the means of poetry and constantly questioning “does poetry matter?” (that was how our dear professor Karen opened our first class) in the everyday life. I think that Whitman has kept confirming to us through all his work that poetry does matter!
]]> By: whitnick http://lena.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/30/walt-whitmanthe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:39:26 +0000 http://lena.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=90#comment-10 I agree with the fact that Walt Whitman transends many cultures and countries. His poetry is for the people and in some ways, by the people. It is the common people that Walt Whitman observes and writes about. The everyday lives of people like you and me working, suffering, advancing, falling down and standing up. People from many parts of the world came to New York and stimulated Walt Whitman to write, expanded his knowledge of people and how we live and behave.

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