Poetic Openings : Walt Whitman to Walt Whitman
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : A Child's Amaze : First Line : SILENT and amazed, even when a little boy,Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : A Clear Midnight : First Line : THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : A Farm-picture : First Line : THROUGH the ample open door of the peaceful country barn,
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : A Glimpse : First Line : A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught,
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : A Hand-mirror : First Line : HOLD it up sternly! See this it sends back! (Who is it? Is it you?)