tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282082965048389733.post4610777969220527421..comments2023-03-23T03:23:17.814-07:00Comments on The Rest is Silence: National Poetry Month 2015: Walt WhitmanIvan T. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07864445965228639180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282082965048389733.post-46964979232093542432015-04-20T08:27:40.677-07:002015-04-20T08:27:40.677-07:00Yep, I second guessed myself. Initially I put that...Yep, I second guessed myself. Initially I put that it was published before the war, then I became convinced the war started in the 1840s. I like this one, it's brief and sweet, affects me like a lot of Whitman does.Ivan T. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07864445965228639180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282082965048389733.post-25145831441946430742015-04-19T23:24:10.247-07:002015-04-19T23:24:10.247-07:00Nitpick: the first edition of Leaves of Grass was ...Nitpick: the first edition of Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, six years before the Civil War began.<br /><br />I'd never read this one before, though. Thanks for posting it!Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.com