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Poem Title   Author
Department Store Fictions
Oct. 17, 2009
 
Jason Whitmarsh
Leaves of Grass (excerpt)
May. 31, 2001
Nov. 10, 2001
May. 31, 2002
Jul. 4, 1993
 
Walt Whitman
I Sit and Look Out
Nov. 2, 2004
 
Walt Whitman
With Music Strong I Come
Apr. 27, 1994
Jun. 17, 1995
Jun. 17, 1996
 
Walt Whitman
I Celebrate Myself
Feb. 20, 1995
 
Walt Whitman
Once I Pass'd through a Populous City
Jun. 20, 2000
Apr. 2, 2008
Jul. 10, 2010
 
Walt Whitman
A Farm Picture
Sep. 14, 2004
 
Walt Whitman
Song of Myself (excerpt)
Sep. 17, 2000
Oct. 22, 2002
Nov. 11, 2002
Nov. 12, 2002
Nov. 13, 2002
Nov. 14, 2002
Nov. 15, 2002
Nov. 16, 2002
Nov. 17, 2002
May. 31, 2004
Mar. 19, 1995
May. 31, 1995
Feb. 20, 1996
May. 31, 1996
May. 15, 1997
Oct. 5, 1997
Sep. 17, 1999
May. 14, 1993
May. 27, 1993
May. 31, 2009
 
Walt Whitman
O Captain! My Captain!
Apr. 14, 2001
Apr. 14, 2002
Apr. 15, 1993
 
Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (preface)
Jan. 21, 1994
Jul. 4, 1998
 
Walt Whitman
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
Apr. 14, 1994
 
Walt Whitman
There was a child went forth
Jun. 26, 1994
 
Walt Whitman
A March in the Ranks hard Pressed on the Road Unknown
Jun. 12, 1995
Dec. 13, 1995
Jun. 12, 1996
Jun. 12, 1997
Jul. 3, 1998
 
Walt Whitman
I know I have the best of time and space
Aug. 18, 1995
 
Walt Whitman
Song of the Open Road (excerpt)
Nov. 13, 1996
May. 31, 1998
May. 31, 1999
Feb. 15, 1993
 
Walt Whitman
I have perceiv'd that to be with those I like is…
Jan. 19, 1995
 
Walt Whitman
Reconciliation
Nov. 9, 2001
Apr. 21, 2002
Sep. 14, 2004
Apr. 21, 2005
Mar. 6, 1993
 
Walt Whitman
When I Heard at the Close of the Day
Aug. 16, 1994
May. 31, 2000
May. 31, 1997
 
Walt Whitman
For You O Democracy
Nov. 5, 1996
 
Walt Whitman
As If a Phantom Caressed Me
Feb. 14, 1998
 
Walt Whitman
Sometimes With One I Love
Jun. 5, 2000
 
Walt Whitman
Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats
Jan. 13, 2001
Jan. 13, 2002
Jun. 9, 2002
Jan. 13, 2006
 
Walt Whitman
A Noiseless Patient Spider
Jan. 26, 2001
May. 24, 1997
May. 24, 1998
May. 31, 2003
 
Walt Whitman
I Hear America Singing
Jul. 4, 2002
 
Walt Whitman
Halcyon Days
Dec. 15, 1994
 
Walt Whitman

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