Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman talks about “I Sing the Body Electric”

Posted on February 4, 2014 by naturist philosopher

Interviewer: Good evening, everyone. Tonight we have the unique privilege of having Walt Whitman himself sit down with us for a candid interview on his marvelous new poem, “I Sing the Body Electric“. Let’s skip over the usual preliminaries and … Continue reading →

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Nature was naked, and I was also

Posted on January 30, 2014 by naturist philosopher

Nature was naked, and I was also. It was too lazy, soothing, and joyous-equable to speculate about. Yet I might have thought somehow in this vein: Perhaps the inner never lost rapport we hold with earth, light, air, trees, &c., … Continue reading →

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Human bodies are words

Posted on January 29, 2014 by naturist philosopher

Human bodies are words, myriads of words, (In the best poems re-appears the body, man’s or woman’s, well-shaped, natural, gay, Every part able, active, receptive, without shame or the need of shame.) – Walt Whitman, “A Song of the Rolling … Continue reading →

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