Walt Whitman Audio

An anthology of 39 British and American poets, from Shakespeare and Dunne to Whitman and Yeats.

Walt Whitman experienced first-hand the ravages of the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals of Washington D.C.....

A poem by Whitman may be whoops and hollers, or beating of drums, or the ebb of the tide singing to itself among the stones, or laments in the night or cries of ecstasy.

Featuring poems selected by the host of radio's "The Writer's Companion"--some read by Keillor, others read by the poets themselves--this collection includes classic and contemporary poems about lovers, children, failure, and everyday life and includes works by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Bly, and others.

Elliott Gould, Burt Reynolds, Meryl Streep, and a host of other celebrities read over 100 poems...

LearnOutLoud.com presents an Introduction to Poetry covering famous poems by great poets throughout the history of English poetry.

G.K. Chesterton argued that Walt Whitman is the greatest American. Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855...

American poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral.

When news reached Walt Whitman that his brother had been wounded at the first battle of Bull Run...

“...I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume...”