Poetic Openings : Walt Whitman to Walt Whitman

Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Sing Of The Banner At Day-break : First Line : POET.
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : So Far And So Far, And On Toward The End : First Line : SO far, and so far, and on toward the end,
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : So Long : First Line : TO conclude--I announce what comes after me;
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Solid, Ironical, Rolling Orb : First Line : SOLID, ironical, rolling orb!
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Sometimes With One I Love : First Line : SOMETIMES with one I love, I fill myself with rage, for fear I effuse

Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Song At Sunset : First Line : SPLENDOR of ended day, floating and filling me!
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Song For All Seas, All Ships : First Line : TO-DAY a rude brief recitative,
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Song Of The Broad-axe : First Line : WEAPON, shapely, naked, wan!
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Song Of The Exposition : First Line : AFTER all, not to create only, or found only,
Poet : Walt Whitman : Poem : Song Of The Open Road : First Line : AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,