On Wednesday, April 20, in recognition of Poetry Month, eight of us discussed Walt Whitman and some of the poems in “Leaves of Grass.” We liked Whitman’s spirit: enthusiastic, optimistic, honest, egalitarian, with a reverence and sense of wonder about nature. To us, his poems have an interesting combination of big cosmic ideas and nitty-gritty detail, expressed in straightforward language that employs a vast vocabulary. Most of us found the poems somewhat tough going but were glad we’d persevered to know him a bit better.
Upcoming:
May 18: “Band of Sisters” by Lauren Willig
June 15: TBD
