I Celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
From Walt Whitman's Songs of Myself, I, II, VI, & LII.
In honor of National Poetry Month here in the U.S., I offer you a slice of poesy.
Walt Whitman's poems read like blog posts to me now. His style is candid and self-aware. His poems reflect a desire to sing the body electric, to share his understanding, his love of the world and all who occupy it, great and small.
The Read/Write Web is reflected in Whitman's poetry not in the sense that any one could leave a comment on his poem, rather, his poem serves as a comment on the world, on the state of things from his perspective. Poets still do this. Bloggers do it too.
Similarly, poetry requires time -- time to prepare, time to read, and time to reflect and share. Poems, like blog posts and comments, serve as sacred offerings, small tokens of human affection.
Take time to enjoy posting, commenting, and re-reading a poem or two. Start this month and make it a habit.
It does a heart and mind good.
Comments
I like your comparison. (love Whitman's poetry myself).
And I like to think that those of us who blog about education, while we may sometimes bemoan real problems, we also are celebrating many successes in learning--successes with people, and our blogs are a way of singing that to the world.
Happy poetry month :)