Walt Whitman
@skeetsofgrass.bsky.social
The 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, in order, little by little, over and over.
Confused .... a pastreading .... another, but with darkness yet.
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Confused .... a pastreading .... another, but with darkness yet.
I turn but do not extricate myself;
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I turn but do not extricate myself;
Swiftly and out of sight is borne the brave corpse.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Swiftly and out of sight is borne the brave corpse.
His beautiful body is borne in the circling eddies .... it 1s continually bruised on rocks,
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
His beautiful body is borne in the circling eddies .... it 1s continually bruised on rocks,
The slapping eddies are spotted with his blood .... they bear him away .... they roll him and swing him and turn him:
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The slapping eddies are spotted with his blood .... they bear him away .... they roll him and swing him and turn him:
He is baffled and banged and bruised .... he holds out while his strength holds out,
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
He is baffled and banged and bruised .... he holds out while his strength holds out,
Steady and long he struggles;
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Steady and long he struggles;
Will you kill the courageous giant? Will you kill him in the prime of his middle age?
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Will you kill the courageous giant? Will you kill him in the prime of his middle age?
What are you doing you ruffianly red-trickled waves?
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What are you doing you ruffianly red-trickled waves?
I hate the swift-running eddies that would dash him headforemost on the rocks.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I hate the swift-running eddies that would dash him headforemost on the rocks.
I see his white body .... I see his undaunted eyes;
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I see his white body .... I see his undaunted eyes;
His brown hair lies close and even to his head .... he strikes out with courageous arms .... he urges himself with his legs.
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
His brown hair lies close and even to his head .... he strikes out with courageous arms .... he urges himself with his legs.
I sec a beautiful gigantic swimmer swimming naked through the eddies of the sea,
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I sec a beautiful gigantic swimmer swimming naked through the eddies of the sea,
Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.
It seems to me that everything in the light and air ought to be happy;
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It seems to me that everything in the light and air ought to be happy;
It is dark here underground .... it is not evil or pain here .... it is black here, for reasons.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It is dark here underground .... it is not evil or pain here .... it is black here, for reasons.
A shroud I see – and I am the shroud .... I wrap a body and lie in the coffin;
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A shroud I see – and I am the shroud .... I wrap a body and lie in the coffin;
I see the sparkles of starshine on the icy and pallid earth.
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I see the sparkles of starshine on the icy and pallid earth.
It is I too .... the sleepless widow looking out on the winter midnight,
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is I too .... the sleepless widow looking out on the winter midnight,
I sit low in a strawbottom chair and carefully darn my grandson’s stockings.
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I sit low in a strawbottom chair and carefully darn my grandson’s stockings.
It is my face yellow and wrinkled instead of the old woman’s,
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It is my face yellow and wrinkled instead of the old woman’s,
Perfume and youth course through me, and I am their wake.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Perfume and youth course through me, and I am their wake.
I descend my western course .... my sinews are flaccid,
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I descend my western course .... my sinews are flaccid,
And liquor is spilled on lips and bosoms by touching glasses, and the best liquor afterward.
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And liquor is spilled on lips and bosoms by touching glasses, and the best liquor afterward.
The white teeth stay, and the boss-tooth advances in darkness,
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The white teeth stay, and the boss-tooth advances in darkness,