From Whitman to the Beats and beyond — the voice of the New World.
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself."
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
— Edgar Allan Poe
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
— Sylvia Plath
"Kiss me, and you will see how important I am."
Still I rise.
— Maya Angelou
"Still I rise."
Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.
— Walt Whitman
"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul."
Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me.
— Emily Dickinson
"Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me."
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
— Langston Hughes
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit …
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has g..."
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, …
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contai..."
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids …
"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born agai..."
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers."
I dwell in Possibility — a fairer House than Prose.
"I dwell in Possibility — a fairer House than Prose."
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