Whitman, Walt
1819-1892 73 years
1819-1892 73 years
American poet, writer, newspaper editor, etc...
born New York City
family of 9 children
well known for his Leaves of Grass, collection of many
of his poems
liberal/socialist in outlook
Army nurse during American Civil War
traveled across US, visited Colorado(1879)
knew Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oscar Wilde, ....
thought by some to be a homosexual, no real proof
though.
born New York City
family of 9 children
well known for his Leaves of Grass, collection of many
of his poems
liberal/socialist in outlook
Army nurse during American Civil War
traveled across US, visited Colorado(1879)
knew Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oscar Wilde, ....
thought by some to be a homosexual, no real proof
though.
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Once somebody said to Walt Whitman, one of the greatest poets ever born, "Whitman, you go on contradicting yourself. One day you say one thing, another day you say just the opposite." Walt Whitman laughed and said, "I am vast. I contain all the contradictions..." --Osho The Empty Boat, ch. 8 |