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#Celebration #JanuaryJazz @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My favorite section of “SoM” -the section I teach & share the most. I rejoice in Whitman‘s joy in giving himself (and us) permission to ease & loaf & begin this journey together.

I thirty-one years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.

In 2023, I am taking time to enjoy & celebrate with each of the Whitman‘s 52 sections of “Song of Myself.”

#songofmyself2023 #transcendentalism #poetry

So this has to be the most adorable thing ever! Let the cuteness and fun begin!♡

Happy National Poetry Month. 🎉

#poetrymatters April 1: energy

Song of Myself (1892 version), section 1, by Walt Whitman

Full poem available at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45477/song-of-myself-1892-version

#poetrymatters @TheSpineView
#Song

Read the whole poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45477/song-of-myself-1892-version

Happy 200th birthday to Walt Whitman! Whitman is my absolute favorite poet.

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I adore the hell out of Walt Whitman. This is the final line of section 1. I Match make sections of this poem for each of my students. This part is theirs and they annotate, outline, and write essays about it. My favorite part of the year! #transendentalism #teachersoflitsy

Some Whitman to get through this #ManicMonday. On animals vs. humans, mania, and power.

#MagicalMarch
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

1. 29.
2. One and a half.
3. One beloved bundle of pug.
4. Just started The Grey Album by Kevin Young.
5. I don't like this question!
6. 😨
7. Piffle
8. I have some natural circus skills (double jointed).
9. Both. Currently convincing the man of the house that a bond villain cat would make our lives complete.
10. Peppermint tea.
11. The Girl With Curious Hair.
12. Open to all.

Thanks for the tag @Moray_Reads
#hallowhoareyou

1) I didn't take a picture, but I spent a couple of hours reading in Starbucks.
2) Spending time in a crowd, by myself- like in a crowded coffee shop!
3) Fold my laundry as soon as it's done. Maybe get some slow oats going for tomorrow morning.
#selfcaresunday

#sing #quotsydec17 @TK-421

Rereading Whitman to prep for tomorrow‘s class involved a lot of me screaming “enough with the catalogues already” and “seriously another one” and “aromatic armpits? Really?” and “I don‘t care about your life-lumps, Whitman!” It also involved some crying, grunting, and pacing from Rye and several nudges against my leg from Barley. It eventually ended with two of the three of us passed out on the couch.

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.

You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,
But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,
And filter and fibre your blood.

Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
Missing me one place search another,
I stop somewhere waiting for you.

Failing to catch me at first keep encouraged,
Missing me one place search another,
I stop somewhere waiting for you.

Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

Usually I get song stuck in my head (and not good ones-my brain is great at playing DJ to mash up oddities). Last night I had a first-poem Lines stuck in my head...so that's new:

You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books,
You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,
You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.

Back in college, I realized I had no exposure to poetry, minus the poems of Edgar Allen Poe (❤️). I ended up taking a Walt Whitman class, and I just couldn't get in to it. Not sure if it was the timing, I wasn't ready for it, the professor, or what.
Maybe this will be my new 2017 resolution - read more poetry! This month I did start Milk and Honey (which I am loving), and I do like this snippet from Song of Myself. 🤔
#poetry #seasonsreadings2016