Today is Poetry at Work Day 2018. Most poets have day jobs, because poetry isn’t that lucrative a profession. But poetry is inherent in all work.
Walt Whitman in Brooklyn: Newspapers and “Leaves of Grass”
Walt Whitman lived for 22 years in Brooklyn, and the city exerted a powerful influence on his poetry, especially “Leaves of Grass.”
Coloring Page Poems: A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman
Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Walt Whitman’s “A Noiseless Patient Spider.”
Take Your Poet to Work: Walt Whitman
We round out the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day poet collection with today’s release of America’s poet, Walt Whitman.